United Kingdom

Permanent Security Council member

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5,694

GA votes

2,663 yes · 1,419 no · 1,560 abstain

2,815

SC votes

2,673 yes · 1 no · 60 abstain

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%

USA — 25.0%FRA — 35.6%RUS — 22.6%CHN — 16.8%

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.

USAFRARUSCHN

All votes General Assembly Security Council

A/RES/2467(XXIII)[C]

Examination of the question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/2467(XXIII)[A]

GAYes

A/RES/2474(XXIII)[A]

Administrative and budgetary co-ordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/2466(XXIII)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2456(XXIII)[C]

Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20

GANo

A/RES/2456(XXIII)[A]

Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2456(XXIII)[D]

Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2456(XXIII)[B]

Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2443(XXIII)

Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/2430(XXIII)

Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/2431(XXIII)

United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/2429(XXIII)

Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GANo

A/RES/2426(XXIII)

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 · 1968-12-18

GANo

A/RES/2427(XXIII)

Question of Papua and the trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GANo

A/RES/2424(XXIII)

Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/2425(XXIII)

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination 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 · 1968-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/2428(XXIII)

Question of Ifni and Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/2422(XXIII)

Information for Non-Self Governing Territories transmitted under article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/2403(XXIII)

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-16

GAAbstain

S/RES/261(1968)

Security Council resolution 261 (1968) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1968-12-10

SCYes

A/RES/2395(XXIII)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-29

GAAbstain

A/RES/2391(XXIII)

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-25

GANo

A/RES/2389(XXIII)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-19

GAYes

A/RES/2383(XXIII)

Question of Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-07

GANo

S/RES/260(1968)

Security Council resolution 260 (1968) [on admission of Equatorial Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1968-11-06

SCYes

S/RES/259(1968)

Security Council resolution 259 (1968) [on the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Arab territories under military occupation by Israel] · 1968-09-27

SCYes

S/RES/258(1968)

Security Council resolution 258 (1968) [on the cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1968-09-18

SCYes

S/RES/257(1968)

Security Council resolution 257 (1968) [on admission of Swaziland to membership in the United Nations] · 1968-09-11

SCYes

S/RES/256(1968)

Security Council resolution 256 (1968) [on Israeli military operations against Jordan] · 1968-08-16

SCYes

S/RES/255(1968)

Security Council resolution 255 (1968) [on measures to safeguard non-nuclear-weapon States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] · 1968-06-19

SCYes

S/RES/254(1968)

Security Council resolution 254 (1968) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1968-06-18

SCYes

A/RES/2373(XXII)

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-06-12

GAYes

A/RES/2372(XXII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-06-12

GAAbstain

S/RES/253(1968)

Security Council resolution 253 (1968) [establishing a committee to monitor sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1968-05-29