United Kingdom vs Iran: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United Kingdom and Iran 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
36.7%
of 5,859 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 41.1% | 246 |
| 1950 | 45.0% | 402 |
| 1960 | 41.9% | 484 |
| 1970 | 42.3% | 934 |
| 1980 | 26.3% | 1,296 |
| 1990 | 39.2% | 747 |
| 2000 | 39.0% | 880 |
| 2010 | 33.9% | 869 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 58.0% | 998 |
| Nuclear weapons | 25.4% | 835 |
| Disarmament | 31.5% | 1,059 |
| Colonialism | 26.3% | 926 |
| Human rights | 27.9% | 967 |
| Economic development | 37.9% | 725 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United Kingdom | Iran |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/204 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/205 Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United Kingdom and Iran vote together at the UN?
United Kingdom and Iran voted the same way in 36.7% of 5,859 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United Kingdom and Iran agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United Kingdom and Iran mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 27.9% of 967 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United Kingdom and Iran last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 United Kingdom voted "yes" and Iran voted "no" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).