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

15 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
9:55pm 15
9:50pm 13
9:45pm 12
9:40pm 19
9:35pm 22
9:30pm 11

Applications breakdown

13 Dec 2025 6,158 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
13 Dec 2025 5,899 259
12 Dec 2025 7,713 15,308
11 Dec 2025 8,711 18,062
10 Dec 2025 9,375 19,241
9 Dec 2025 10,244 18,443
8 Dec 2025 9,800 16,462

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 30 Nov 2025 41%
Month Applications online
1 to 30 Nov 2025 41%
1 to 31 Oct 2025 46%
1 to 30 Sep 2025 53%
1 to 31 Aug 2025 55%
1 to 31 Jul 2025 57%
1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%

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
13 Dec 2025 211 351 776 1,186 1,407 1,052 1,175
12 Dec 2025 565 902 1,696 2,974 4,327 4,795 7,744
11 Dec 2025 595 972 1,959 3,316 4,866 5,812 9,228
10 Dec 2025 612 1,059 2,018 3,611 5,247 6,215 9,841
9 Dec 2025 628 1,051 2,026 3,504 5,306 6,363 9,798
8 Dec 2025 559 934 1,891 3,201 5,058 5,947 8,662

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
13 Dec 2025 5,428 542 188
12 Dec 2025 20,721 1,494 806
11 Dec 2025 23,440 1,898 1,435
10 Dec 2025 24,973 2,791 852
9 Dec 2025 24,992 2,941 754
8 Dec 2025 20,937 4,533 792

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 1 Dec 2025 90%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
1 Dec 2025 90% 9 8 11 94 306
24 Nov 2025 87% 8 24 22 90 321
17 Nov 2025 89% 8 17 21 95 347
10 Nov 2025 88% 7 20 32 114 394
3 Nov 2025 87% 14 19 21 102 338
27 Oct 2025 89% 7 18 17 104 363

Service availability in last 30 days

13 Dec 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
13 Dec 2025 469 100%
12 Dec 2025 498 100%
11 Dec 2025 527 100%
10 Dec 2025 522 100%
9 Dec 2025 524 100%
8 Dec 2025 515 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

9:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
9:00pm 459 100%
8:00pm 482 100%
7:00pm 465 100%
6:00pm 442 100%
5:00pm 471 100%
4:00pm 445 100%

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