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

1 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
3:10pm 1
3:05pm 4
3:00pm 6
2:55pm 3
2:50pm 3
2:45pm 3

Applications breakdown

3 Jun 2026 1,090 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
3 Jun 2026 525 565
2 Jun 2026 641 670
1 Jun 2026 638 863
31 May 2026 334 18
30 May 2026 271 0
29 May 2026 419 611

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 May 2026 55%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 May 2026 55%
1 to 30 Apr 2026 73%
1 to 31 Mar 2026 46%
1 to 28 Feb 2026 44%
1 to 31 Jan 2026 39%
1 to 31 Dec 2025 38%

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
3 Jun 2026 62 85 143 131 209 232 227
2 Jun 2026 83 109 130 165 239 279 306
1 Jun 2026 80 127 150 223 272 295 352
31 May 2026 22 55 64 53 70 45 43
30 May 2026 25 54 47 32 59 37 17
29 May 2026 90 106 98 130 171 188 246

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
3 Jun 2026 716 72 302
2 Jun 2026 723 225 363
1 Jun 2026 753 216 532
31 May 2026 309 41 2
30 May 2026 252 18 1
29 May 2026 637 185 208

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 25 May 2026 91%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
25 May 2026 91% 1 0 0 3 16
18 May 2026 90% 1 0 2 5 25
11 May 2026 92% 0 0 1 4 13
4 May 2026 92% 2 0 1 10 47
27 Apr 2026 88% 1 2 1 5 26
20 Apr 2026 91% 2 6 13 60 218

Service availability in last 30 days

3 Jun 2026 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
3 Jun 2026 538 100%
2 Jun 2026 532 100%
1 Jun 2026 520 100%
31 May 2026 515 100%
30 May 2026 498 100%
29 May 2026 491 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

2:00pm 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
2:00pm 550 100%
1:00pm 528 100%
12:00pm 556 100%
11:00am 527 100%
10:00am 551 100%
9:00am 528 100%

You can use this service to apply to vote by post. This is instead of voting at a polling station or having someone vote on your behalf (voting by proxy).

For the:

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

User:

Individuals who want to vote by post

Service costs paid by:

Department budget