This Minerva Analytics briefing looks at voting trends and shareholder dissent at the top 350 UK companies. The briefing identifies the number of companies that received more than 20% on a resolution and the long-term trends in dissent, as well as examining resolution outcomes and shareholder proposals.

While there has been much debate and headlines over institutional investors taking an active stance to voting and holding companies to account, particularly on executive remuneration, there has not been an increase in the number of resolutions receiving significant dissent or in the number of defeated resolutions.