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/2672(XXV)[D]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-08
A/RES/2672(XXV)[C]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-08
A/RES/2671(XXV)[F]
The policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-08
S/RES/290(1970)
Security Council resolution 290 (1970) [on Portuguese military actions against Guinea] · 1970-12-08
A/RES/2660(XXV)
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-07
A/RES/2666(XXV)
Status of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 2456 B (XXIII) 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 · 1970-12-07
A/RES/2668(XXV)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-07
A/RES/2661(XXV)[C]
General and Complete Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-07
A/RES/2661(XXV)[A]
General and Complete Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-07
A/RES/2652(XXV)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-12-03
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-11-30
S/RES/289(1970)
Security Council resolution 289 (1970) [on immediate cessation of armed attack against Guinea] · 1970-11-23
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-11-19
S/RES/288(1970)
Security Council resolution 288 (1970) [deciding that sanctions against Southern Rhodesia shall remain in force] · 1970-11-17
S/9976
Draft resolution S/9976 — vetoed by GBR · 1970-11-10
A/RES/2628(XXV)
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-11-04
A/RES/2624(XXV)
The policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-10-13
A/RES/2621(XXV)
Programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1970-10-12
S/RES/287(1970)
Security Council resolution 287 (1970) [on admission of Fiji to membership in the United Nations] · 1970-10-10
S/RES/286(1970)
Security Council resolution 286 (1970) [on hijacking of commercial aircraft] · 1970-09-09
S/RES/285(1970)
Security Council resolution 285 (1970) [on withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from Lebanon] · 1970-09-05
S/RES/283(1970)
Security Council resolution 283 (1970) [requesting all States to refrain from any relations with South Africa implying recognition of South African authority over Namibia] · 1970-07-29
S/RES/284(1970)
Security Council resolution 284 (1970) [requesting an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the presence of South Africa in Namibia] · 1970-07-29
S/RES/282(1970)
Security Council resolution 282 (1970) [on arms embargo against South Africa] · 1970-07-23
S/RES/281(1970)
Security Council resolution 281 (1970) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1970-06-09
S/RES/280(1970)
Security Council resolution 280 (1970) [on Israeli military actions against Lebanon] · 1970-05-19
S/RES/279(1970)
Security Council resolution 279 (1970) [on withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from Lebanon] · 1970-05-12
S/RES/278(1970)
Security Council resolution 278 (1970) [on the question of Bahrain] · 1970-05-11
S/RES/277(1970)
Security Council resolution 277 (1970) [on expansion of sanctions against the Southern Rhodesia régime] · 1970-03-18
S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2
Draft resolution S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1970-03-17
S/RES/276(1970)
Security Council resolution 276 (1970) [on establishment of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Council to study ways to implement Council resolutions regarding Namibia] · 1970-01-30
S/RES/275(1969)
Security Council resolution 275 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against Guinea] · 1969-12-22
A/RES/2499(XXIV)[B]
Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-17
A/RES/2617(XXIV)
Study of the nature of the increases in the level of expenditure in the United Nations regular budget : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-17
A/RES/2605(XXIV)[A]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
A/RES/2591(XXIV)
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
A/RES/2590(XXIV)
Question of Papua and the Trust Territories of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
A/RES/2605(XXIV)[B]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
A/RES/2603(XXIV)[A]
Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
A/RES/2593(XXIV)
Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16
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