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

3 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
6:15pm 3
6:10pm 1
6:05pm 3
6:00pm 1
5:55pm 0
5:50pm 2

Applications breakdown

15 May 2026 1,220 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
15 May 2026 366 854
14 May 2026 354 1,082
13 May 2026 479 1,242
12 May 2026 529 1,394
11 May 2026 625 1,073
10 May 2026 511 0

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 30 Apr 2026 73%
Month Applications online
1 to 30 Apr 2026 73%
1 to 31 Mar 2026 46%
1 to 28 Feb 2026 44%
1 to 31 Jan 2026 39%
1 to 31 Dec 2025 38%
1 to 30 Nov 2025 40%

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
15 May 2026 78 107 130 160 239 190 314
14 May 2026 102 124 116 156 271 262 402
13 May 2026 168 171 208 212 277 264 413
12 May 2026 150 192 247 251 319 325 438
11 May 2026 139 222 239 199 315 248 334
10 May 2026 72 96 103 85 72 46 37

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
15 May 2026 879 202 139
14 May 2026 938 354 144
13 May 2026 900 693 128
12 May 2026 1,050 819 54
11 May 2026 1,046 604 48
10 May 2026 498 12 1

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 4 May 2026 92%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
4 May 2026 92% 2 0 1 10 47
27 Apr 2026 88% 1 2 1 5 26
20 Apr 2026 91% 2 6 13 60 218
13 Apr 2026 93% 4 8 15 97 477
6 Apr 2026 92% 5 6 13 86 369
30 Mar 2026 92% 3 6 20 79 344

Service availability in last 30 days

15 May 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
15 May 2026 531 100%
14 May 2026 543 100%
13 May 2026 522 100%
12 May 2026 528 100%
11 May 2026 522 100%
10 May 2026 535 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

5:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
5:00pm 530 100%
4:00pm 543 100%
3:00pm 504 100%
2:00pm 511 100%
1:00pm 525 100%
12:00pm 544 100%

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