Steve, your ITV page goes on to say,

"But in recent years the UK has been more often on the losing side of these votes.

Between 2009 and 2015 the UK voted against the majority 12.3% of the time, compared to 2.6% of the time between 2004 and 2009.

That made it the country most likely to be on the losing side during the later period—the closest competitors were Germany and Austria, which were on the losing side 5.4% of the time.


The UK is outvoted at the Council of Ministers more than any other country - we also win 95% of the time."