Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Our Apply for a postal vote performance dashboard shows anonymous application statistics, user satisfaction and service availability

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

12 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
5:00pm 12
4:55pm 19
4:50pm 23
4:45pm 9
4:40pm 9
4:35pm 12

Applications breakdown

28 Sep 2026 3,740 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
28 Sep 2026 2,379 1,361
27 Sep 2026 1,446 2
26 Sep 2026 1,314 1
25 Sep 2026 1,938 1,040
24 Sep 2026 2,094 1,165
23 Sep 2026 2,183 1,201

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Aug 2026 79%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Aug 2026 79%
1 to 31 Jul 2026 82%
1 to 30 Jun 2026 59%
1 to 31 May 2026 55%
1 to 30 Apr 2026 73%
1 to 31 Mar 2026 46%

Applications by age group

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 Over 75
28 Sep 2026 267 314 403 535 693 678 846
27 Sep 2026 116 148 205 226 279 232 242
26 Sep 2026 108 145 151 210 226 250 225
25 Sep 2026 198 255 384 426 521 522 665
24 Sep 2026 238 255 365 439 629 591 741
23 Sep 2026 217 301 404 496 619 619 726

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
28 Sep 2026 3,459 215 66
27 Sep 2026 1,415 17 16
26 Sep 2026 1,294 15 6
25 Sep 2026 2,776 160 42
24 Sep 2026 2,946 228 85
23 Sep 2026 3,110 222 52

User satisfaction

Overall satisfaction score (100% = 'very satisfied'; 0% = 'very dissatisfied')

Week beginning 21 Sep 2026 92%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
21 Sep 2026 92% 2 2 5 29 118
14 Sep 2026 90% 0 6 7 41 132
7 Sep 2026 87% 4 9 15 48 149
31 Aug 2026 89% 0 4 11 33 106
24 Aug 2026 90% 1 5 8 38 128
17 Aug 2026 85% 5 6 20 54 129

Service availability in last 30 days

28 Sep 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
28 Sep 2026 506 100%
27 Sep 2026 563 100%
26 Sep 2026 621 100%
25 Sep 2026 561 100%
24 Sep 2026 560 100%
23 Sep 2026 539 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

4:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
4:00pm 502 100%
3:00pm 546 100%
2:00pm 535 100%
1:00pm 516 100%
12:00pm 494 100%
11:00am 483 100%

You can use this service to apply to vote by post. This is instead of voting at a polling station or having someone vote on your behalf (voting by proxy).

For the:

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

User:

Individuals who want to vote by post

Service costs paid by:

Department budget