Voting Comparison

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

vs
5277 shared votes
24%
agreement
1284 agreed · 3993 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
Seychelles Yes No Abstain
Yes 1252 919 713
No 9 4
Abstain 32 6 10

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
30% 265/896
Nuclear/Arms
12% 69/579
Colonialism
14% 78/563
Human Rights
14% 111/773
Economic Dev.
18% 86/491
Disarmament
23% 178/779
Overall
24% 1284/5277

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Seychelles 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
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
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
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting no 91 / 57 / 21

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
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020
yes 123 / 38 / 24