Apply for a postal vote Performance dashboard

Live service usage

Postal vote applications submitted in a 5-minute period

59 applications in the last 5 minutes

Last 24 hours - applications per 5 minutes

Time Online applications
11:55am 59
11:50am 51
11:45am 64
11:40am 48
11:35am 61
11:30am 47

Applications breakdown

3 Nov 2025 20,500 total applications submitted on this day

Application breakdown graphs

Applications per day

Applications per day

Applications per week

Date Online Paper forms
3 Nov 2025 9,641 10,859
2 Nov 2025 6,712 463
1 Nov 2025 6,392 364
31 Oct 2025 7,216 9,407
30 Oct 2025 6,756 12,687
29 Oct 2025 7,656 13,891

Applications online

Applications submitted online (instead of by paper forms)

1 to 31 Oct 2025 48%
Month Applications online
1 to 31 Oct 2025 48%
1 to 30 Sep 2025 53%
1 to 31 Aug 2025 55%
1 to 31 Jul 2025 57%
1 to 30 Jun 2025 63%
1 to 31 May 2025 66%

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 Nov 2025 481 776 1,664 2,721 3,884 4,498 6,462
2 Nov 2025 270 387 896 1,451 1,660 1,172 1,339
1 Nov 2025 210 337 738 1,279 1,417 1,335 1,431
31 Oct 2025 372 660 1,149 2,048 3,041 3,861 5,480
30 Oct 2025 513 696 1,341 2,225 3,565 4,314 6,776
29 Oct 2025 546 795 1,450 2,547 4,029 4,882 7,278

Applications by nation

Data is for all applications (online and paper)

Date England Scotland Wales
3 Nov 2025 18,124 1,334 1,042
2 Nov 2025 6,759 333 83
1 Nov 2025 6,033 659 64
31 Oct 2025 14,799 1,175 649
30 Oct 2025 16,694 1,950 799
29 Oct 2025 18,347 2,185 1,015

User satisfaction

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

Week beginning 27 Oct 2025 89%
Week beginning Satisfaction Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neither satisfied
or dissatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
27 Oct 2025 89% 7 18 17 104 363
20 Oct 2025 90% 4 14 24 115 404
13 Oct 2025 89% 12 9 29 121 405
6 Oct 2025 86% 13 25 23 132 344
29 Sep 2025 87% 12 24 40 138 446
22 Sep 2025 87% 10 22 25 117 358

Service availability in last 30 days

3 Nov 2025 100%
Date Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
3 Nov 2025 517 100%
2 Nov 2025 549 100%
1 Nov 2025 561 100%
31 Oct 2025 530 100%
30 Oct 2025 540 100%
29 Oct 2025 559 100%

Service availability in last 24 hours

11:00am 100%
Time Response time (in milliseconds) Availability
11:00am 487 100%
10:00am 492 100%
9:00am 487 100%
8:00am 487 100%
7:00am 487 100%
6:00am 530 100%

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