Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

19 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
9:05pm 19
9:00pm 18
8:55pm 20
8:50pm 16
8:45pm 18
8:40pm 19

Applications breakdown

6 Sep 2025 5,960 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
6 Sep 2025 5,802 158
5 Sep 2025 8,289 5,910
4 Sep 2025 11,097 8,252
3 Sep 2025 12,633 9,846
2 Sep 2025 11,785 8,975
1 Sep 2025 11,814 7,312

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Aug 2025 56%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Aug 2025 56%
1 to 31 Jul 2025 57%
1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%
1 to 31 May 2025 66%
1 to 30 Apr 2025 71%
1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%

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
6 Sep 2025 281 368 744 1,220 1,154 1,065 1,128
5 Sep 2025 444 648 1,288 2,151 2,642 2,976 4,041
4 Sep 2025 610 814 1,668 2,790 3,619 4,266 5,572
3 Sep 2025 670 954 2,059 3,247 4,282 4,814 6,441
2 Sep 2025 656 924 1,943 2,930 3,811 4,418 6,072
1 Sep 2025 647 957 1,828 2,855 3,667 3,949 5,214

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
6 Sep 2025 5,542 314 104
5 Sep 2025 12,949 877 373
4 Sep 2025 17,528 1,360 461
3 Sep 2025 21,239 850 390
2 Sep 2025 19,339 861 560
1 Sep 2025 17,224 1,610 292

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 25 Aug 2025 88%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
25 Aug 2025 88% 8 27 22 115 396
18 Aug 2025 86% 13 21 41 174 435
11 Aug 2025 88% 9 29 25 127 415
4 Aug 2025 88% 9 30 39 165 519
28 Jul 2025 88% 19 47 63 259 879
21 Jul 2025 88% 28 50 109 459 1,332

Service availability in last 30 days

6 Sep 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
6 Sep 2025 548 100%
5 Sep 2025 552 100%
4 Sep 2025 553 100%
3 Sep 2025 548 100%
2 Sep 2025 562 100%
1 Sep 2025 574 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

8:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
8:00pm 542 100%
7:00pm 550 100%
6:00pm 515 100%
5:00pm 508 100%
4:00pm 519 100%
3:00pm 529 100%

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