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
10:55pm 9
10:50pm 16
10:45pm 13
10:40pm 12
10:35pm 15
10:30pm 22

Applications breakdown

4 Jun 2025 15,332 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
4 Jun 2025 9,941 5,391
3 Jun 2025 9,945 7,870
2 Jun 2025 9,321 4,873
1 Jun 2025 5,321 1
31 May 2025 5,325 173
30 May 2025 7,981 6,201

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 May 2025 67%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 May 2025 67%
1 to 30 Apr 2025 71%
1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
1 to 28 Feb 2025 59%
1 to 31 Jan 2025 66%
1 to 31 Dec 2024 55%

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
4 Jun 2025 343 670 1,561 2,367 3,069 3,459 3,856
3 Jun 2025 377 699 1,619 2,568 3,387 4,051 5,111
2 Jun 2025 338 662 1,584 2,332 2,817 3,005 3,449
1 Jun 2025 176 320 711 1,133 1,143 1,008 831
31 May 2025 185 309 678 1,041 1,192 1,127 966
30 May 2025 314 573 1,341 1,977 2,637 3,315 4,023

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
4 Jun 2025 12,669 1,710 953
3 Jun 2025 15,478 1,910 427
2 Jun 2025 11,762 1,941 491
1 Jun 2025 4,833 476 13
31 May 2025 4,911 572 15
30 May 2025 12,534 1,465 183

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 26 May 2025 89%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
26 May 2025 89% 17 32 58 302 949
19 May 2025 90% 20 53 88 505 1,555
12 May 2025 89% 25 35 61 359 1,067
5 May 2025 89% 12 22 38 166 590
28 Apr 2025 89% 15 28 27 204 619
21 Apr 2025 87% 14 33 51 201 601

Service availability in last 30 days

4 Jun 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
4 Jun 2025 474 100%
3 Jun 2025 509 100%
2 Jun 2025 515 100%
1 Jun 2025 532 100%
31 May 2025 555 100%
30 May 2025 560 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

10:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
10:00pm 456 100%
9:00pm 457 100%
8:00pm 476 100%
7:00pm 462 100%
6:00pm 442 100%
5:00pm 453 100%

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