Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

11 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
8:05am 11
8:00am 11
7:55am 13
7:50am 12
7:45am 12
7:40am 10

Applications breakdown

23 Oct 2025 21,434 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
23 Oct 2025 8,829 12,605
22 Oct 2025 7,513 11,039
21 Oct 2025 8,556 14,168
20 Oct 2025 9,728 10,294
19 Oct 2025 7,264 205
18 Oct 2025 7,106 1,033

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 30 Sep 2025 54%
Month Applications online
1 to 30 Sep 2025 54%
1 to 31 Aug 2025 55%
1 to 31 Jul 2025 57%
1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%
1 to 31 May 2025 66%
1 to 30 Apr 2025 71%

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
23 Oct 2025 523 747 1,470 2,625 3,975 4,795 7,280
22 Oct 2025 520 732 1,381 2,268 3,420 3,958 6,254
21 Oct 2025 574 775 1,565 2,731 4,146 5,009 7,913
20 Oct 2025 533 859 1,550 2,690 3,711 4,351 6,316
19 Oct 2025 288 444 822 1,424 1,694 1,357 1,439
18 Oct 2025 258 406 821 1,477 1,672 1,524 1,978

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
23 Oct 2025 19,333 1,426 675
22 Oct 2025 16,547 1,363 642
21 Oct 2025 20,705 1,134 885
20 Oct 2025 18,329 1,038 655
19 Oct 2025 6,979 346 144
18 Oct 2025 7,704 293 142

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 13 Oct 2025 89%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
13 Oct 2025 89% 12 9 29 121 405
6 Oct 2025 86% 13 25 23 132 344
29 Sep 2025 87% 12 24 40 138 446
22 Sep 2025 87% 10 22 25 117 358
15 Sep 2025 87% 7 22 32 113 336
8 Sep 2025 88% 5 16 31 105 334

Service availability in last 30 days

23 Oct 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
23 Oct 2025 825 100%
22 Oct 2025 669 100%
21 Oct 2025 527 100%
20 Oct 2025 545 100%
19 Oct 2025 559 100%
18 Oct 2025 550 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

7:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
7:00am 538 100%
6:00am 520 100%
5:00am 545 100%
4:00am 529 100%
3:00am 530 100%
2:00am 535 100%

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