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/32/115
United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-15
S/RES/422(1977)
Security Council resolution 422 (1977) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1977-12-15
A/RES/32/105[G]
Economic collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[N]
Bantustans : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[C]
Trade union action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[F]
Military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[B]
International Anti-Apartheid Year : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[H]
Dissemination of information on apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[L]
World Conference for Action against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[K]
Situation in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[D]
Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[J]
Assistance to national liberation movement of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[I]
Programme of work of the Special Committee on Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/105[M]
International Declaration against Apartheid in Sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-14
A/RES/32/90[C]
Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/90[A]
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/91[A]
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rightsof the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/90[E]
Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/91[B]
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/91[C]
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-13
A/RES/32/87[G]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/81
Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/83
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/87[B]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/86
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/84[A]
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/76
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 3473 (XXX) concerning the signature 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 · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/87[F]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/78
Urgent need for cessation of nuclear and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a comprehensive test ban; conclusion of a treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear-weapons tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/80
Effective measures to implement the purposes and objectives of the Disarmament Decade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/87[D]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/85
Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/84[B]
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/82
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
A/RES/32/79
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 31/67 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-12
S/RES/421(1977)
Security Council resolution 421 (1977) [on establishment of a Security Council Committee concerning the question of South Africa] · 1977-12-09
A/RES/32/42
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-07
A/RES/32/4[B-C]
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-02
A/RES/32/40[A]
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-02
A/RES/32/40[B]
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-12-02
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