France vs United Kingdom: UN Voting Alignment
How often do France and United Kingdom vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
83.8%
of 6,046 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 63.5% | 249 |
| 1950 | 82.2% | 376 |
| 1960 | 63.0% | 479 |
| 1970 | 81.3% | 955 |
| 1980 | 83.2% | 1,379 |
| 1990 | 87.9% | 766 |
| 2000 | 92.1% | 924 |
| 2010 | 92.8% | 917 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 92.0% | 1,057 |
| Nuclear weapons | 84.9% | 834 |
| Disarmament | 86.2% | 1,076 |
| Colonialism | 77.3% | 918 |
| Human rights | 89.6% | 994 |
| Economic development | 83.2% | 757 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | France | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
R/69/181 | 2014-12-18 | yes | no |
R/68/158 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
R/67/171 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2012-12-20 | yes | no |
R/66/155 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2011-12-19 | yes | no |
R/65/118 DECOLONIZATION | 2010-12-10 | yes | no |
R/62/217 nan | 2007-12-22 | yes | no |
R/58/245 Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed | 2003-12-23 | yes | no |
R/58/111 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen | 2003-12-09 | yes | no |
R/58/110 Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution | 2003-12-09 | yes | no |
R/54/54D nan | 1999-12-01 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do France and United Kingdom vote together at the UN?
France and United Kingdom voted the same way in 83.8% of 6,046 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do France and United Kingdom agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, France and United Kingdom largely agree: they voted the same way in 89.6% of 994 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did France and United Kingdom last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2014-12-18 France voted "yes" and United Kingdom voted "no" on R/69/181.