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Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat Guildford

Voting record

3
Voted for
4
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Zöe Franklin’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Zöe Franklin — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 379 of 590 (64%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 Aye
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 Aye
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 No
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 Aye
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 Aye (teller)
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 Aye
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Zöe Franklin currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Local Government) — Opposition Department — since 2025-10-01 Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Zöe Franklin →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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

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 25 March 2026)

Name of donor: Chris Franklin
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 July 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

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)

8. Miscellaneous

Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 12 May 2026
(Registered 19 May 2026)

Vice President of the Local Government Association. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 August 2026
(Registered 9 September 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Zöe Franklin yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Zöe Franklin has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£154,735.73 paid out to or for Zöe Franklin across 157 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Zöe Franklin’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £114,343.33 (6 claims)
Office Costs — £24,406.74 (84 claims)
Accommodation — £11,569.84 (57 claims)
MP Travel — £2,685.74 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £1,730.08 (9 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £142.35, 2026-03-29 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-8747]
Equipment - purchase — £181.45, 2026-03-23 — Other office equipment
Hotel - London — £270.00, 2026-03-17 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-4766]
Hotel - London — £190.00, 2026-03-17 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-4765]
Hotel - London — £229.50, 2026-03-03 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-10106]
Hotel - London — £153.00, 2026-03-02 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-3437]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £93.00, 2026-02-27
Stationery & printing — £407.64, 2026-02-21 — XMA March 2026

Every claim on file for Zöe Franklin →

Early Day Motions

Zöe Franklin has tabled 7 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 166 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Zöe Franklin personally tabled — not motions Zöe Franklin may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Lord Lieutenancy of Surrey transition — tabled 2026-09-08, 9 sponsors
Commencement of section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 — tabled 2026-07-09, 17 sponsors
Local government and social care — tabled 2026-05-19, 33 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Zöe Franklin is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: FaithAction (£6,001-7,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Government — Vice Chair
Declared funding: The Local Government Information Unit (£10,501-12,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music — Vice Chair
Declared funding: UK Music (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees — Officer
Declared funding: Refugee Council (£3,001-4,500).
South Western Railway All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: The Local Government Information Unit — about £11,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Government).

The Local Government Information Unit — about £11,250.50, 1 group
FaithAction — about £6,750.50, 1 group
Refugee Council — about £3,750.50, 1 group
UK Music — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Zöe Franklin personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Zöe Franklin is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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