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/34/89
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/83G
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention on nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/78
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/76A
Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/88
Declaration on International Co-operation for Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/86
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 · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/84
Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of guarantees of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/77
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/83E
Monitoring of disarmament agreements and strengthening of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-11
A/RES/34/70
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-06
A/RES/34/69
Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-06
S/RES/457(1979)
Security Council resolution 457 (1979) [on diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States] · 1979-12-04
A/RES/34/7C
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-03
A/RES/34/7B
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-03
S/RES/456(1979)
Security Council resolution 456 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-11-30
A/RES/34/65B
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-29
A/RES/34/65A
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-29
A/RES/34/55
Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-29
A/RES/34/52C
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for the Palestinian refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/48
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for the improvement of the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/44
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/47
Services of the Secretariat concerned with human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/46
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improvising the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/52F
Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/52A
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/52E
Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-23
S/RES/455(1979)
Security Council resolution 455 (1979) [on Southern Rhodesia's policies towards Zambia] · 1979-11-23
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/42
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/38
Question of Belize : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/33
Information from the Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/41
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independance to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia and Namibia and in all other territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/37
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-21
A/RES/34/30
Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-20
A/RES/34/29
Situation in the occupied territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-16
A/RES/34/27
Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-15
A/RES/34/24
Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism & Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-15
A/RES/34/22
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-14
A/RES/34/13
Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-11-09
S/RES/454(1979)
Security Council resolution 454 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-11-02
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