Zöe Franklin

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Zöe Franklin is the Liberal Democrat MP for Guildford, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Local Government).

358

Votes Cast

£139,207

Expenses 2024-25

8,429

Majority

47.5%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£139,207

Staffing£113,833
Office£17,467
Travel£4,417
Accommodation£3,490

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 48,294 voters

Liberal Democrat
22,937 votes47.5%
Conservative
14,508 votes30.0%
Reform UK
4,395 votes9.1%
Labour
3,931 votes8.1%
Green Party
2,268 votes4.7%
The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment
255 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

322

Written Questions

33

Oral Questions

85

Debates Spoken In

119

Speeches

358

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 185No: 173

358 votes — page 5 of 15

2 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

3 votes · 12 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

1 AYE2 NO

Employment Rights Bill

3 votes · 8 Dec 2025

3 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 25 Nov 2025

2 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 24 Nov 2025

Financial Interests(3)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Margaret Sharp

£2,000 paid in regular quarterly payments of £500

£2,000
Name of donor
Margaret Sharp
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£2,000 paid in regular quarterly payments of £500
Donor status
individual

Registered 3 April 2025

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

National Liberal Club

Membership of the National Liberal Club until 31st December 2026

1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

£1,140
Name of donor
National Liberal Club
Address of donor
1 Whitehall Place London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Membership of the National Liberal Club until 31st December 2026, value £1,140
Date received
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted
2 January 2026
Donor status
unincorporated association

Registered 5 February 2026

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

15/8/24 to 21/12/25

Membership of the National Liberal Club from 15/8/24 to 21/12/25. Estimated value based on publicly available membership information: £200 one-off joining fee plus £983.90 (annual membership fee) x 1.375 (1 year plus additional months)

8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025

£200
Name of donor
National Liberal Club
Address of donor
1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Membership of the National Liberal Club from 15/8/24 to 21/12/25. Estimated value based on publicly available membership information: £200 one-off joining fee plus £983.90 (annual membership fee) x 1.375 (1 year plus additional months), value £1,552.86
Date received
8 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted
12 July 2024
Donor status
unincorporated association

Registered 4 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Zöe in Parliament

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Aff

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs19 May 2025

Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of specialist nursery and early years places for children with special educatio

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 May 2025

Pre-school Education: Voluntary Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling early years settings to accept voluntary financial contributions from parents to (a) sup

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 May 2025

ICT: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement (a) recommendations on guidance for parents on the effects of screen time on infants and (b) other recommendation

AnsweredDepartment for Education15 May 2025

Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's planned timeline is for (a) consulting on and (b) producing a youth strategy; and what engagement her Department has h

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport14 May 2025

Pupils: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that (a) schools and (b) educational systems provide inclusive (i) physical environments an

AnsweredDepartment for Education30 Apr 2025

Children: Swimming

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that primary schools provide adequate (a) swimming and (b) water safety lessons.

AnsweredDepartment for Education30 Apr 2025

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the railcard scheme to all working-age people.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport30 Apr 2025

Plants: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 1991 Act of the International Union for the Protection of New V

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs29 Apr 2025

Agricultural Products: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support farmers to trade with other countries.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs29 Apr 2025
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