Voting Comparison

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

vs
37%
agreement
1406 agreed · 2376 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
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Yes No Abstain
Yes 1199 631 994
No 315 51 46
Abstain 301 42 115

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
42% 165/394
Nuclear/Arms
20% 56/278
Colonialism
19% 46/244
Human Rights
18% 44/247
Economic Dev.
22% 60/276
Disarmament
25% 86/348
Overall
37% 1406/3782

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no yes 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
no yes 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1967
no yes 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1966
no yes 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
no yes 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes abstain 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 101 / 33 / 0
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
no 101 / 33 / 1
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent mission at Hea…
1981
no 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
A/RES/33/31[B]
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
abstain 66 / 30 / 40