Since 1957 Luxembourg, Ireland, Malta and Austria have each on average given the UK between four and five points...

Dotted line represents points awarded by the UK and colour points awarded to the UK

ICE

NOR

SWE

RUS

FIN

DEN

EST

IRE

BEL

NED

BLR

LAT

UKR

GER

POL

FRA

LUX

LTU

POR

SPA

SWI

AUS

HUN

MDA

ROU

MON

ITA

SLO

YUG

MKD

ALB

CRO

BIH

TUR

GRE

MLT

CYP

... Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova consistenly awarded the UK less than one point

Five points

ISR

One point

A rule change in 2016 saw a doubling in the number of points a country could receive. Therefore to allow for comparison the 2016 points tally has been halved in this analysis

In Eurovision history Luxembourg, Ireland and Malta have given the UK the most points on average per final

Colour represents points awarded to the UK

Dotted line represents points awarded by the UK

ICE

NOR

SWE

RUS

FIN

The UK has never awarded Belarus or Macedonia any points

Britain's closest Eurovision ally is Ireland which has received more UK points than any other country

DEN

EST

IRE

BEL

NED

BLR

LAT

GER

POL

FRA

LUX

UKR

LTU

SWI

HUN

POR

SPA

AUS

MDA

ROU

MON

ITA

SLO

YUG

MKD

ALB

CRO

BIH

TUR

GRE

Five points

... conversely the UK has received fewest points from Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine

MLT

CYP

ISR

One point

A rule change in 2016 saw a doubling in the number of points a country could receive. Therefore to allow for comparison the 2016 points tally has been halved in this analysis