Voting Comparison

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

vs
2461 shared votes
27%
agreement
671 agreed · 1790 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
Democratic Yemen Yes No Abstain
Yes 650 587 914
No 69 3 2
Abstain 83 4 11

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
40% 137/339
Nuclear/Arms
16% 41/251
Colonialism
18% 39/214
Human Rights
17% 38/226
Economic Dev.
22% 58/262
Disarmament
21% 66/318
Overall
27% 671/2461

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Democratic Yemen 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/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
no yes 71 / 48 / 4
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
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
no yes 57 / 39 / 46

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/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 24 / 2
A/40/996
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Sec…
1985
yes 114 / 21 / 16
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
no 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/3358(XXIX)[A]
Salaries and allowances of staff in the Professional and higher categories : amendments t…
1974
yes 90 / 21 / 20
A/RES/36/157
Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 84 / 20 / 42