Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

29 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
9:35am 29
9:30am 38
9:25am 36
9:20am 31
9:15am 30
9:10am 43

Applications breakdown

17 Sep 2025 18,989 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
17 Sep 2025 9,052 9,937
16 Sep 2025 7,251 9,112
15 Sep 2025 8,722 8,715
14 Sep 2025 5,764 166
13 Sep 2025 5,697 271
12 Sep 2025 7,383 7,043

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
17 Sep 2025 566 861 1,735 2,717 3,464 3,924 5,713
16 Sep 2025 527 716 1,375 2,120 2,966 3,410 5,238
15 Sep 2025 565 766 1,451 2,327 3,242 3,679 5,395
14 Sep 2025 305 400 748 1,206 1,239 959 1,073
13 Sep 2025 258 357 729 1,115 1,240 1,060 1,208
12 Sep 2025 509 641 1,249 1,908 2,604 2,942 4,566

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
17 Sep 2025 17,718 683 588
16 Sep 2025 15,259 553 551
15 Sep 2025 16,036 904 497
14 Sep 2025 5,607 222 101
13 Sep 2025 5,605 241 122
12 Sep 2025 12,790 1,078 558

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 8 Sep 2025 88%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
8 Sep 2025 88% 5 16 31 105 334
1 Sep 2025 86% 14 29 42 158 451
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

Service availability in last 30 days

17 Sep 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
17 Sep 2025 494 100%
16 Sep 2025 497 100%
15 Sep 2025 497 100%
14 Sep 2025 498 100%
13 Sep 2025 512 100%
12 Sep 2025 532 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

8:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
8:00am 513 100%
7:00am 479 100%
6:00am 509 100%
5:00am 520 100%
4:00am 485 100%
3:00am 552 100%

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