United Kingdom vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United Kingdom and United States 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
64.7%
of 6,117 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 79.5% | 249 |
| 1950 | 70.1% | 408 |
| 1960 | 85.9% | 491 |
| 1970 | 77.6% | 958 |
| 1980 | 60.2% | 1,387 |
| 1990 | 60.4% | 777 |
| 2000 | 47.8% | 931 |
| 2010 | 61.1% | 915 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 21.4% | 1,056 |
| Nuclear weapons | 80.5% | 846 |
| Disarmament | 73.4% | 1,083 |
| Colonialism | 62.1% | 940 |
| Human rights | 55.4% | 1,001 |
| Economic development | 60.2% | 756 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/118 TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL--HUMAN RIGHTS | 2012-12-18 | yes | no |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United Kingdom and United States vote together at the UN?
United Kingdom and United States voted the same way in 64.7% of 6,117 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United Kingdom and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United Kingdom and United States are split: they voted the same way in 55.4% of 1,001 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United Kingdom and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 United Kingdom voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).