United Kingdom
Permanent Security Council member5,694
GA votes
2,663 yes · 1,419 no · 1,560 abstain
2,815
SC votes
2,673 yes · 1 no · 60 abstain
32
Vetoes cast
P5 alignment
How often United Kingdom voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.
| Permanent member | GA only | GA + SC |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 60.4% | 72.5% |
| France | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| Russian Federation | 54.6% | 70.8% |
| China | 40.5% | 58.0% |
The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.
P5 alignment over time
Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.
A/RES/37/86A
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-10
A/RES/37/88D
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-10
A/RES/37/86C
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-10
A/RES/37/77A
New types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/77B
Renunciation of the use of new discoveries and scientific and technological achievements for military purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/74A
Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/72
Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/85
Immediate cessation and prohibition of nuclear weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78J
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78G
Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78B
International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69J
Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69H
Investments in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69A
Situation in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78K
Monitoring of disarmament agreements and strengthening of international security : proposal for the establishment of an international satellite monitoring agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/71
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/83 concerning thesignature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69F
Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69C
Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69B
Concerned international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/83
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78A
Bilateral nuclear arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/73
Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69G
Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78I
Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/86D
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/84
Relationship between disarmament and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69E
Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/81
Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/82
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/80
Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78F
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78E
Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/78C
Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/76
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/74B
Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/69D
Military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-09
A/RES/37/68
Further appeal for clemency in favour of South African freedom fighters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-07
S/RES/525(1982)
Security Council resolution 525 (1982) [on death sentences imposed on members of the African National Congress of South Africa] · 1982-12-07
A/RES/37/47
Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-03
A/RES/37/40
Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-03
Vetoes cast by United Kingdom
S/21048 — Panama
1989-12-23
S/20378 — 1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)
1989-01-11
S/19585 — South Africa
1988-03-08
S/18785 — Namibia
1987-04-09
S/18705 — South Africa
1987-02-20
S/18163 — Complaint by Angola against South Africa
1986-06-18
S/18087/Rev. 1 — Southern Africa
1986-05-23
S/18016/Rev. 1 — 1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)
1986-04-21
S/17633 — Namibia
1985-11-15
S/17354/Rev.1 — South Africa
1985-07-26
S/15156/Rev. 2 — Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1982-06-04
S/14462 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14461 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14460/Rev.1 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14459 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/12312/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12311/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12310/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12211 — Namibia
1976-10-19
S/11713 — Namibia
1975-06-06