Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

6 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
8:50am 6
8:45am 10
8:40am 6
8:35am 5
8:30am 6
8:25am 4

Applications breakdown

18 Apr 2025 4,273 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
18 Apr 2025 4,218 55
17 Apr 2025 5,940 3,703
16 Apr 2025 5,511 4,433
15 Apr 2025 6,458 3,882
14 Apr 2025 10,637 4,504
13 Apr 2025 7,329 138

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
1 to 28 Feb 2025 60%
1 to 31 Jan 2025 66%
1 to 31 Dec 2024 55%
1 to 30 Nov 2024 53%
1 to 31 Oct 2024 55%

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
18 Apr 2025 102 216 486 757 948 1,041 723
17 Apr 2025 268 407 848 1,377 1,935 2,199 2,608
16 Apr 2025 265 399 811 1,390 1,915 2,276 2,884
15 Apr 2025 229 460 936 1,474 2,123 2,348 2,767
14 Apr 2025 920 992 1,463 2,219 3,112 3,124 3,310
13 Apr 2025 621 712 868 1,260 1,583 1,395 1,028

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
18 Apr 2025 3,106 1,165 2
17 Apr 2025 7,822 1,521 300
16 Apr 2025 8,849 693 402
15 Apr 2025 9,495 453 392
14 Apr 2025 14,633 396 112
13 Apr 2025 7,300 160 7

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 7 Apr 2025 90%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
7 Apr 2025 90% 19 59 94 457 1,551
31 Mar 2025 90% 25 54 82 460 1,595
24 Mar 2025 90% 13 33 55 261 937
17 Mar 2025 89% 11 18 46 153 581
10 Mar 2025 90% 10 21 37 207 642
3 Mar 2025 90% 5 10 12 95 313

Service availability in last 30 days

18 Apr 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
18 Apr 2025 535 100%
17 Apr 2025 517 100%
16 Apr 2025 511 100%
15 Apr 2025 512 100%
14 Apr 2025 519 100%
13 Apr 2025 533 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

7:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
7:00am 571 100%
6:00am 576 100%
5:00am 569 100%
4:00am 609 100%
3:00am 608 100%
2:00am 589 100%

This service is for registered electors who want to apply for a postal vote.

For the:

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

User:

Individuals who want to vote by post

Service costs paid by:

Department budget