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/68/58
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/56
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/40
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/32
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/29
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/24
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/65
The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/51
United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/43
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/39
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-12-05
S/RES/2127(2013)
Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) [on the situation in the Central African Republic] · 2013-12-05
A/RES/68/17
The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
A/RES/68/16
Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
A/RES/68/15
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
A/RES/68/13
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
A/RES/68/12
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
A/RES/68/14
Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-11-26
S/RES/2126(2013)
Security Council resolution 2126 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 31 May 2014] · 2013-11-25
S/RES/2125(2013)
Security Council resolution 2125 (2013) [on acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia] · 2013-11-18
S/RES/2123(2013)
Security Council resolution 2123 (2013) [on implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina] · 2013-11-12
S/RES/2124(2013)
Security Council resolution 2124 (2013) [on deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) until 31 Oct. 2014] · 2013-11-12
A/RES/68/8
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-10-29
S/RES/2122(2013)
Security Council resolution 2122 (2013) [on women and peace and security] · 2013-10-18
S/RES/2121(2013)
Security Council resolution 2121 (2013) [on the situation in the Central African Republic] · 2013-10-10
S/RES/2120(2013)
Security Council resolution 2120 (2013) [on extension of the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) until 31 Dec. 2014] · 2013-10-10
S/RES/2119(2013)
Security Council resolution 2119 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until 15 Oct. 2014] · 2013-10-10
S/RES/2118(2013)
Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) [on use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic] · 2013-09-27
S/RES/2117(2013)
Security Council resolution 2117 (2013) [on small arms] · 2013-09-26
S/RES/2116(2013)
Security Council resolution 2116 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2014] · 2013-09-18
S/RES/2115(2013)
Security Council resolution 2115 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 Aug. 2014] · 2013-08-29
S/RES/2113(2013)
Security Council resolution 2113 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 31 Aug. 2014] · 2013-07-30
S/RES/2112(2013)
Security Council resolution 2112 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until 30 June 2014] · 2013-07-30
S/RES/2114(2013)
Security Council resolution 2114 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2014] · 2013-07-30
S/RES/2111(2013)
Security Council resolution 2111 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea until 25 Nov. 2014] · 2013-07-24
S/RES/2110(2013)
Security Council resolution 2110 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 July 2014] · 2013-07-24
S/RES/2109(2013)
Security Council resolution 2109 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 July 2014] · 2013-07-11
A/RES/67/279
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2013-06-28
S/RES/2108(2013)
Security Council resolution 2108 (2013) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until 31 Dec. 2013] · 2013-06-27
S/RES/2107(2013)
Security Council resolution 2107 (2013) [on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait] · 2013-06-27
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