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.
S/RES/144(1960)
Security Council resolution 144 (1960) [on the situation between Cuba and the United States] · 1960-07-19
S/RES/143(1960)
Security Council resolution 143 (1960) [calling upon Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo (capital Leopoldville)] · 1960-07-14
S/RES/142(1960)
Security Council resolution 142 (1960) [on admission of the Republic of Congo (capital Leopoldville) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-07
S/RES/141(1960)
Security Council resolution 141 (1960) [on admission of Somalia to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-05
S/RES/140(1960)
Security Council resolution 140 (1960) [on admission of the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-29
S/RES/139(1960)
Security Council resolution 139 (1960) [on admission of the Federation of Mali to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-28
S/RES/138(1960)
Security Council resolution 138 (1960) [on questions relating to the case of Adolf Eichmann] · 1960-06-23
S/RES/136(1960)
Security Council resolution 136 (1960) [on admission of the Togolese Republic (Togo) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-05-31
S/RES/137(1960)
Security Council resolution 137 (1960) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1960-05-31
S/RES/135(1960)
Security Council resolution 135 (1960) [on relations between the great Powers] · 1960-05-27
S/RES/134(1960)
Security Council resolution 134 (1960) [on the situation in the Union of South Africa arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville] · 1960-04-01
S/RES/133(1960)
Security Council resolution 133 (1960) [on admission of Cameroun (Cameroon) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-01-26
A/RES/1467(XIV)
General questions relating to the transmission and examination of information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-12
A/RES/1460(XIV)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-10
A/RES/1455(XIV)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09
A/RES/1454(XIV)
Question of Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09
A/RES/1424(XIV)
United Nations capital development fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1410(XIV)
Dissemination of information on the United Nations and on the International Trusteeship System in Trust Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1426(XIV)
Agrarian reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1441(XIV)
United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1404(XIV)
Question of an increase in the membership of the Security Council and of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-25
A/RES/1402(XIV)[B]
Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-21
A/RES/1380(XIV)
Prevention of the wider dissemination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1379(XIV)
Question of French nuclear tests in the Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1396(XIV)
Study of the question of capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1375(XIV)
Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-17
A/RES/1353(XIV)
Question of Tibet : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-10-21
A/RES/1351(XIV)
Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-09-22
S/RES/132(1959)
Security Council resolution 132 (1959) [deciding to appoint a subcommittee on the question relating to Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic)] · 1959-09-07
A/RES/1350(XIII)
The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13
A/RES/1349(XIII)
The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13
A/RES/1337(XIII)
Cost estimates for the maintenance of the United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13
A/RES/1348(XIII)
Question of the peaceful use of outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13
A/RES/1312(XIII)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12
A/RES/1318(XIII)
Promotion of the international flow of private capital : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12
A/RES/1317(XIII)
United Nations capital development fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12
A/RES/1324(XIII)
International commodity problems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12
A/RES/1302(XIII)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10
A/RES/1300(XIII)
Report of the Economic and Social Council (chapter I, section VI) : question of increasing the membership of the Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10
A/RES/1307(XIII)
Convening of a second United Nations conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10
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