Voting Comparison

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

vs
9943 shared votes
72%
agreement
7165 agreed · 2778 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
United States of America Yes No Abstain
Yes 4508 30 115
No 1183 1762 837
Abstain 522 35 798

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
15% 134/896
Nuclear/Arms
80% 462/580
Colonialism
51% 289/563
Human Rights
49% 382/773
Economic Dev.
50% 247/491
Disarmament
70% 545/779
Overall
72% 7165/9943

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution United States of America United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain no 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no yes 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
no yes 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
no abstain 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no abstain 54 / 42 / 46
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
no yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
no yes 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2012
no yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2016
no yes 117 / 40 / 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/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33