Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

9 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
7:20am 9
7:15am 7
7:10am 8
7:05am 13
7:00am 12
6:55am 13

Applications breakdown

21 Jul 2025 19,840 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
21 Jul 2025 12,140 7,700
20 Jul 2025 7,595 170
19 Jul 2025 8,309 706
18 Jul 2025 10,022 6,427
17 Jul 2025 11,261 9,513
16 Jul 2025 11,002 9,953

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%
Month Applications online
1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%
1 to 31 May 2025 66%
1 to 30 Apr 2025 71%
1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
1 to 28 Feb 2025 59%
1 to 31 Jan 2025 66%

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
21 Jul 2025 617 925 1,725 2,875 3,935 4,300 5,449
20 Jul 2025 308 433 773 1,442 1,817 1,527 1,465
19 Jul 2025 339 513 962 1,581 1,905 1,879 1,835
18 Jul 2025 492 725 1,373 2,404 3,399 3,795 4,254
17 Jul 2025 515 813 1,715 2,850 4,088 4,792 5,987
16 Jul 2025 470 897 1,735 2,783 4,095 4,856 6,105

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
21 Jul 2025 17,865 1,413 562
20 Jul 2025 7,138 585 42
19 Jul 2025 8,336 661 18
18 Jul 2025 14,553 1,352 544
17 Jul 2025 17,946 1,932 896
16 Jul 2025 17,655 2,005 1,295

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 14 Jul 2025 89%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
14 Jul 2025 89% 27 51 88 423 1,404
7 Jul 2025 89% 23 46 64 372 1,116
30 Jun 2025 88% 27 53 73 412 1,216
23 Jun 2025 90% 35 45 106 435 1,626
16 Jun 2025 89% 29 63 78 439 1,348
9 Jun 2025 89% 24 41 57 364 1,147

Service availability in last 30 days

21 Jul 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
21 Jul 2025 547 100%
20 Jul 2025 539 100%
19 Jul 2025 550 100%
18 Jul 2025 536 100%
17 Jul 2025 505 100%
16 Jul 2025 505 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

6:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
6:00am 519 100%
5:00am 512 100%
4:00am 476 100%
3:00am 576 100%
2:00am 525 100%
1:00am 550 100%

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