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

5 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
8:35am 5
8:30am 4
8:25am 8
8:20am 4
8:15am 5
8:10am 7

Applications breakdown

28 Feb 2026 4,067 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
28 Feb 2026 3,304 763
27 Feb 2026 4,592 8,789
26 Feb 2026 4,417 10,416
25 Feb 2026 4,193 9,576
24 Feb 2026 5,404 10,840
23 Feb 2026 5,643 8,878

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 28 Feb 2026 44%
Month Applications online
1 to 28 Feb 2026 44%
1 to 31 Jan 2026 39%
1 to 31 Dec 2025 38%
1 to 30 Nov 2025 40%
1 to 31 Oct 2025 46%
1 to 30 Sep 2025 53%

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
28 Feb 2026 264 354 512 693 774 621 848
27 Feb 2026 513 769 1,099 1,717 2,406 2,571 4,295
26 Feb 2026 471 796 1,218 1,803 2,703 2,930 4,900
25 Feb 2026 414 677 1,018 1,672 2,457 2,767 4,752
24 Feb 2026 517 965 1,347 2,014 2,864 3,047 5,475
23 Feb 2026 430 679 1,143 1,862 2,523 2,784 5,078

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
28 Feb 2026 3,774 278 15
27 Feb 2026 12,350 729 302
26 Feb 2026 13,476 667 690
25 Feb 2026 12,601 991 177
24 Feb 2026 14,632 838 774
23 Feb 2026 13,175 831 515

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 16 Feb 2026 92%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
16 Feb 2026 92% 1 11 9 67 273
9 Feb 2026 89% 3 6 8 32 124
2 Feb 2026 89% 1 6 3 14 71
26 Jan 2026 89% 8 15 31 136 409
19 Jan 2026 90% 6 9 17 103 346
12 Jan 2026 89% 9 15 18 125 375

Service availability in last 30 days

28 Feb 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
28 Feb 2026 523 100%
27 Feb 2026 493 100%
26 Feb 2026 491 100%
25 Feb 2026 500 100%
24 Feb 2026 519 100%
23 Feb 2026 518 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

7:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
7:00am 550 100%
6:00am 535 100%
5:00am 548 100%
4:00am 533 100%
3:00am 507 100%
2:00am 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