Zöe Franklin MP: votes, interests and costs
Zöe Franklin represents Guildford in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Local Government), held since 1 October 2025.
Offices and committees
Zöe Franklin holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Local Government) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Court of Referees | 27 February 2025 | Current |
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 18 December 2024 | Current |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 5 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 11 March 2026 | 16 April 2026 |
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 9 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 29 January 2025 | 6 February 2025 |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 28 October 2024 | 13 November 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b7dac37e0aee.
Register of interests
Zöe Franklin has 8 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 4 August 2024 and the latest on 30 September 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (4), Miscellaneous (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Ian Branagan - £1,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £1,000.00
- Name of the donor: Ian Branagan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Ian Branagan - £1,500.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £1,500.00
- Name of the donor: Ian Branagan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-08-21
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chris Franklin - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Name of the donor: Chris Franklin
- Status of the donor: Individual
Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-05-12
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Margaret Sharp - £2,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Paid in regular quarterly payments of £500
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: Margaret Sharp
- Status of the donor: Individual
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Membership of the National Liberal Club until 31st December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-02
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-07-12
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £113,833 for Zöe Franklin in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £17,467 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £113,833.33 |
| Office costs: spent | £17,466.97 |
| Accommodation: spent | £3,490.42 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,416.50 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Guildford CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Office Manager (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Personal Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Zöe Franklin is recorded voting in 393 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 29 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Zöe Franklin voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 347 written questions have been tabled by Zöe Franklin, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury and 3 other departments.
Visitor Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to specify in legislation a maximum percentage rate for the proposed overnight visitor levy; and what assessment her Department has made of the pot …
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether revenue from an overnight visitor levy will be treated as additional funding and will not result in reductions to local government settlements.
Visitor Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to require mayoral strategic authorities to allocate a minimum proportion of overnight visitor levy receipts to the local authority area in which t …
Drugs: Packaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will assess the merits of including medicine blister packs within the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework; and what discussions she has had with pharmaceutical …
Inheritance Tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of inheritance tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax rules on families seeking to establish long-term multigenerational households; and whether he has considered introducing …
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the lack of published service level standards for the processing of visa and indefinite leave to remain applications on applicants.
Criminal Proceedings: Administrative Delays
To ask the Attorney General, what redress is available to victims where repeated administrative errors by the Crown Prosecution Service result in a criminal trial being postponed on multiple occasions; and what assessment she has made of the potential imp …
Agriculture: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of area-based agricultural support payments on poultry farmers and other farmers whose businesses require relatively small areas of …
Physician Assistants: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of employment prospects of newly qualified Physician Associates; and what steps she is taking to ensure that graduates are able to secure appropriate em …
Defibrillators: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of rechargeable batteries in automated external defibrillators; and what consideration he has given to the co …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 67cbeae28933. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Zöe Franklin.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,429 for Zöe Franklin in Guildford in July 2024, from 22,937 votes on a turnout of 68.3%. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Guildford figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.