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

6 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
1:10pm 6
1:05pm 8
1:00pm 8
12:55pm 6
12:50pm 11
12:45pm 7

Applications breakdown

9 Jun 2026 1,288 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
9 Jun 2026 529 759
8 Jun 2026 572 751
7 Jun 2026 268 2
6 Jun 2026 299 1
5 Jun 2026 327 812
4 Jun 2026 448 784

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 May 2026 55%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 May 2026 55%
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%

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
9 Jun 2026 92 101 145 184 260 247 258
8 Jun 2026 70 120 155 192 239 261 283
7 Jun 2026 24 45 50 56 47 32 16
6 Jun 2026 29 35 44 59 66 39 28
5 Jun 2026 62 70 112 121 214 237 323
4 Jun 2026 79 103 97 178 208 239 328

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
9 Jun 2026 919 41 328
8 Jun 2026 840 77 406
7 Jun 2026 263 7 0
6 Jun 2026 293 4 3
5 Jun 2026 570 55 514
4 Jun 2026 731 54 447

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 1 Jun 2026 92%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
1 Jun 2026 92% 0 1 1 12 38
25 May 2026 91% 1 0 0 3 16
18 May 2026 90% 1 0 2 5 25
11 May 2026 92% 0 0 1 4 13
4 May 2026 92% 2 0 1 10 47
27 Apr 2026 88% 1 2 1 5 26

Service availability in last 30 days

9 Jun 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
9 Jun 2026 503 100%
8 Jun 2026 506 100%
7 Jun 2026 532 100%
6 Jun 2026 545 100%
5 Jun 2026 528 100%
4 Jun 2026 549 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

12:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
12:00pm 509 100%
11:00am 474 100%
10:00am 487 100%
9:00am 608 100%
8:00am 570 100%
7:00am 513 100%

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