Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

0 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
1:40am 0
1:35am 1
1:30am 1
1:25am 0
1:20am 4
1:15am 2

Applications breakdown

2 Apr 2025 14,330 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
2 Apr 2025 11,076 3,254
1 Apr 2025 13,280 3,635
31 Mar 2025 7,465 3,472
30 Mar 2025 3,247 10
29 Mar 2025 3,835 252
28 Mar 2025 6,124 3,357

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Mar 2025 70%
1 to 28 Feb 2025 60%
1 to 31 Jan 2025 66%
1 to 31 Dec 2024 55%
1 to 30 Nov 2024 53%
1 to 31 Oct 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
2 Apr 2025 460 778 1,401 2,164 3,168 3,440 2,919
1 Apr 2025 485 946 1,795 2,734 3,979 3,908 3,066
31 Mar 2025 434 647 1,041 1,470 2,268 2,601 2,473
30 Mar 2025 240 253 365 458 744 652 545
29 Mar 2025 237 317 440 551 899 962 681
28 Mar 2025 323 513 791 1,160 1,966 2,286 2,441

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
2 Apr 2025 12,913 709 708
1 Apr 2025 15,323 785 807
31 Mar 2025 9,808 601 528
30 Mar 2025 3,044 202 11
29 Mar 2025 3,539 288 260
28 Mar 2025 8,066 721 694

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 24 Mar 2025 90%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
24 Mar 2025 90% 13 33 55 261 937
17 Mar 2025 89% 11 18 46 153 581
10 Mar 2025 90% 10 21 37 207 642
3 Mar 2025 90% 5 10 12 95 313
24 Feb 2025 89% 7 13 14 108 322
17 Feb 2025 90% 2 8 12 44 179

Service availability in last 30 days

2 Apr 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
2 Apr 2025 508 100%
1 Apr 2025 516 100%
31 Mar 2025 514 100%
30 Mar 2025 513 100%
29 Mar 2025 491 100%
28 Mar 2025 483 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

12:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
12:00am 528 100%
11:00pm 498 100%
10:00pm 499 100%
9:00pm 489 100%
8:00pm 467 100%
7:00pm 487 100%

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