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

29 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
4:35pm 29
4:30pm 28
4:25pm 33
4:20pm 29
4:15pm 24
4:10pm 44

Applications breakdown

12 Feb 2026 7,339 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
12 Feb 2026 2,919 4,420
11 Feb 2026 2,983 3,966
10 Feb 2026 2,822 4,014
9 Feb 2026 3,964 4,174
8 Feb 2026 1,693 137
7 Feb 2026 1,974 43

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Jan 2026 39%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Jan 2026 39%
1 to 31 Dec 2025 38%
1 to 30 Nov 2025 40%
1 to 31 Oct 2025 46%
1 to 30 Sep 2025 53%
1 to 31 Aug 2025 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
12 Feb 2026 227 343 640 1,105 1,411 1,347 2,255
11 Feb 2026 240 404 626 987 1,280 1,329 2,074
10 Feb 2026 245 375 610 949 1,290 1,298 2,067
9 Feb 2026 304 447 750 1,229 1,698 1,495 2,208
8 Feb 2026 122 162 256 384 401 240 265
7 Feb 2026 115 159 281 416 438 283 324

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
12 Feb 2026 6,396 420 523
11 Feb 2026 5,804 630 515
10 Feb 2026 5,818 412 606
9 Feb 2026 7,169 516 453
8 Feb 2026 1,723 67 40
7 Feb 2026 1,940 60 17

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 2 Feb 2026 89%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
2 Feb 2026 89% 1 6 3 14 71
26 Jan 2026 89% 8 15 31 136 409
19 Jan 2026 90% 6 9 17 103 346
12 Jan 2026 89% 9 15 18 125 375
5 Jan 2026 90% 0 14 18 123 338
29 Dec 2025 90% 2 10 7 52 188

Service availability in last 30 days

12 Feb 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
12 Feb 2026 492 100%
11 Feb 2026 498 100%
10 Feb 2026 505 100%
9 Feb 2026 497 100%
8 Feb 2026 495 100%
7 Feb 2026 495 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

3:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
3:00pm 488 100%
2:00pm 479 100%
1:00pm 486 100%
12:00pm 488 100%
11:00am 474 100%
10:00am 496 100%

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