United Kingdom

Out of 184 recorded plenary votes during the 80th session period of the UN General Assembly (incl. emergency special sessions), United Kingdom participated in 184 (135 Yes, 29 No, 20 Abstain). In contested votes, its closest partner is France (88.7% – 63 of 71; in all votes 93.5% – 172 of 184).

184 of 184 votes

71 contested votes

2 against the tide

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Closest Partners at the UN

Countries with highest agreement in contested votes (where less than 90% voted in favor).

France

88.7% in contested (63 of 71)

93.5% in all votes (172 of 184)

Croatia

85.9% in contested (61 of 71)

89.7% in all votes (165 of 184)

Slovakia

84.5% in contested (60 of 71)

88.5% in all votes (162 of 183)

Australia

83.1% in contested (59 of 71)

89.7% in all votes (165 of 184)

Canada

83.1% in contested (59 of 71)

87.9% in all votes (160 of 182)

Romania

83.1% in contested (59 of 71)

88.0% in all votes (162 of 184)

Furthest Countries at the UN

Countries with lowest agreement in contested votes.

Equatorial Guinea

17.0% in contested (9 of 53)

66.2% in all votes (98 of 148) · 30 opposite votes (20.3% – 30 of 148)

Iran

17.9% in contested (12 of 67)

59.9% in all votes (106 of 177) · 34 opposite votes (19.2% – 34 of 177)

Cuba

22.1% in contested (15 of 68)

65.6% in all votes (118 of 180) · 36 opposite votes (20.0% – 36 of 180)

Nicaragua

22.1% in contested (15 of 68)

60.9% in all votes (103 of 169) · 40 opposite votes (23.7% – 40 of 169)

Belarus

22.5% in contested (16 of 71)

62.3% in all votes (114 of 183) · 34 opposite votes (18.6% – 34 of 183)

Egypt

22.5% in contested (16 of 71)

63.7% in all votes (116 of 182) · 30 opposite votes (16.5% – 30 of 182)

Alignment with Key Powers and Partners

Agreement with selected powers across contested and all votes.

Country	Contested agreement	All votes agreement	Opposite
France	88.7% (63 of 71)	93.5% (172 of 184)	0
Germany	81.7% (58 of 71)	88.0% (161 of 183)	2
Ukraine	77.5% (55 of 71)	85.0% (153 of 180)	4
Israel	53.5% (38 of 71)	34.3% (48 of 140)	53
United States	51.4% (36 of 70)	20.8% (38 of 183)	118
Russia	36.6% (26 of 71)	62.0% (114 of 184)	38
China	28.2% (20 of 71)	66.3% (122 of 184)	29

Agreement with the European Union Majority

Against the Tide Votes (2×)

Votes where United Kingdom voted No while at least 90% of voting states voted Yes.

Resolution	Vote	UN Tally	Title
A/RES/80/104 2025-12-05	No	Yes: 172, No: 3, Abs: 1	Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General …
A/RES/80/56 2025-12-01	No	Yes: 170, No: 4, Abs: 5	Modalities of the 2026 meeting on victim assistance and environmental remediation : r…

For data nerds: weighted agreement M2 and Cohen's κ

Weighted agreement (metric M2 per METHOD.md) weights each vote by how contested it was: w = 1 − |yes − no| / voting. Lopsided votes have weights near zero (e.g. 170:3 has weight ~0.03), while close votes carry high weight (e.g. 90:80 has weight ~0.94). Cohen's κ (kappa) additionally corrects for chance agreement given each country's marginal vote distributions.

Country	Weighted M2	Cohen's κ	Contested %	All votes %	Opposite
France	92.4%	0.84	88.7%	93.5%	0×
Croatia	89.1%	0.74	85.9%	89.7%	2×
Slovakia	87.8%	0.72	84.5%	88.5%	3×
Australia	85.4%	0.74	83.1%	89.7%	4×
Canada	84.5%	0.71	83.1%	87.9%	5×
Romania	88.0%	0.71	83.1%	88.0%	2×
Germany	84.5%	0.70	81.7%	88.0%	2×
Ukraine	85.1%	0.64	77.5%	85.0%	4×
Israel	60.3%	0.11	53.5%	34.3%	53×
United States	56.4%	0.03	51.4%	20.8%	118×
Russia	37.0%	0.11	36.6%	62.0%	38×
China	25.8%	0.00	28.2%	66.3%	29×
Belarus	21.9%	-0.04	22.5%	62.3%	34×
Egypt	22.6%	-0.11	22.5%	63.7%	30×
Cuba	22.5%	-0.09	22.1%	65.6%	36×
Nicaragua	20.0%	-0.12	22.1%	60.9%	40×
Iran	19.4%	-0.12	17.9%	59.9%	34×
Equatorial Guinea	19.4%	-0.06	17.0%	66.2%	30×