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/131(1958)
Security Council resolution 131 (1958) [on admission of Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1958-12-09
S/RES/130(1958)
Security Council resolution 130 (1958) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1958-11-25
A/RES/1263(XIII)
Progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-11-14
A/RES/1264(XIII)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-11-14
A/RES/1252(XIII)[A]
Question of disarmament; the discontinuance of atomic and hydrogen weapons tests; the reduction of the military budgets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France by 10 to 15 per cent and the use of part of the savings so effected for assistance to the under-developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-11-04
A/RES/1248(XIII)
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 · 1958-10-30
A/RES/1239(XIII)
Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-09-23
S/RES/129(1958)
Security Council resolution 129 (1958) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on complaints by Lebanon and Jordan] · 1958-08-07
S/RES/128(1958)
Security Council resolution 128 (1958) [on complaint by Lebanon in respect of a situation arising from interference of the United Arab Republic (Egypt) in the internal affairs of Lebanon] · 1958-06-11
S/RES/127(1958)
Security Council resolution 127 (1958) [on the zone between the armistice demarcation lines in the area of Government House at Jerusalem] · 1958-01-22
A/RES/1226(XII)
Question of the geographical distribution of the staff of the Secretariat of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-12-14
A/RES/1236(XII)
Peaceful and neighbourly relations among States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-12-14
A/RES/1211(XII)
Situation in the Trust Territories of the Cameroons under British administration and the Cameroons under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-12-13
A/RES/1192(XII)
Composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-12-12
S/RES/126(1957)
Security Council resolution 126 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question and visit of the UN Representative for India and Pakistan to the subcontinent] · 1957-12-02
A/RES/1181(XII)
Question of defining agression : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-29
A/RES/1182(XII)
The future of Togoland under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-29
A/RES/1180(XII)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-29
A/RES/1178(XII)
The questions 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 · 1957-11-26
A/RES/1179(XII)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-26
A/RES/1155(XII)
Proposed Economic Commission for Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-26
A/RES/1151(XII)
United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-22
A/RES/1150(XII)
Enlargement of the membership of the Disarmament Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-19
A/RES/1148(XII)
Regulation, limitation and balanced reduction of all armed forces and all armaments; conclusion of an international convention (treaty) on the reduction of armaments and the prohibition of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-14
A/RES/1149(XII)
Collective action to inform and enlighten the peoples of the world as to the dangers of the armaments race, and particularly as to the destructive effects of modern weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-14
A/RES/1143(XII)
Establishment of a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-10-25
A/RES/1135(XII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-24
A/RES/1134(XII)
Admission of the Federation of Malaya to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-17
A/RES/1133(XI)
Resolution 1133 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-14
S/RES/125(1957)
Security Council resolution 125 (1957) [on admission of the Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-09-05
A/RES/1118(XI)
Admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-03-08
S/RES/124(1957)
Security Council resolution 124 (1957) [on admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-03-07
A/RES/1064(XI)
Attainment of self-government or independence by Trust Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-26
S/RES/123(1957)
Security Council resolution 123 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question] · 1957-02-21
A/RES/1012(XI)
Question of Algeria : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-15
A/RES/1125(XI)
Resolution 1125 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-02
A/RES/1124(XI)
Resolution 1124 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-02
A/RES/1040(XI)
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-29
S/RES/122(1957)
Security Council resolution 122 (1957) [on the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1957-01-24
A/RES/1046(XI)
The future of Togoland under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-23
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