Voting Comparison

Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.

vs
6390 shared votes
43%
agreement
2732 agreed · 3658 diverged

Agreement Trend over Time

Agreement rate per year (years with ≥2 shared votes). Click a point or year label to filter the vote list below.

Position Matrix

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bahrain Yes No Abstain
Yes 2679 1712 1477
No 59 3 3
Abstain 269 17 47

green = same position   amber = different position

Breakdown by Voeten Topic

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East
63% 567/896
Nuclear/Arms
22% 129/580
Colonialism
31% 175/563
Human Rights
29% 228/773
Economic Dev.
35% 171/491
Disarmament
35% 271/779
Overall
43% 2732/6390

Most Divergent Votes

Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.

Resolution Bahrain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/71/204
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2016
yes 85 / 35 / 63