Guildford / data
Zöe Franklin · Liberal Democrats · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
330
of 504 possible
Attendance
65%
174 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
232
82 debates
Written Qs
245
235 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£139k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 86 claims
Interests
4
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 73 | |
| Economy | 60 | |
| Employment | 40 | |
| Crime & Policing | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Education | 21 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 20 | |
| Pensions | 18 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 1 | — |
| Social Care | 23 | 13,994 |
| Local Government | 32 | 13,072 |
| Health | 13 | 9,961 |
| Housing | 8 | 4,223 |
| Economy Jobs | 16 | 4,158 |
| Crime | 13 | 4,060 |
| Transport | 6 | 3,811 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance,… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Driver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Vikki Slade) for securing this important debate. I want to keep my contribution brief and focus on the st… TransportHealthCrime | 664 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | UK-EU RelationsI wish the House and you, Mr Speaker, a happy St George’s day. I welcome the fact that the Government are taking steps to improve and deepen our trading relationship with Europe, w… Economy JobsEnergyAgriculture | 104 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWhen it comes to brownfield-first development in my constituency, there is an area in the town centre where we could deliver homes, but that is prevented by the fact that we do not… Local GovernmentHousingEnvironment | 109 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe hon. Member is absolutely right. We saw how the previous Labour Government imposed the cabinet structure on councils up and down the country. True devolution puts the power of … Local GovernmentHousingEnvironment | 294 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI would like to start by thanking colleagues across the House in the other place who have worked tirelessly to improve this Bill, in particular the Liberal Democrat peers Baroness … Local GovernmentHousingEnvironment | 638 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI could not agree more. Across the country, we can see that giving parish councils power and community assets allows them to look after those assets for the community. I am a massi… Local GovernmentHousingEnvironment | 281 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)The new clause, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Manuela Perteghella), goes to the heart of this basic question: who does our democracy serve—voters or th… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 637 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)New clause 31 would require the Secretary of State to use regulations to ensure that the Electoral Commission established a fund to help disabled candidates meet additional disabil… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 773 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 13 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. As has come up repeatedly in the Committee, trust in elections is in a very difficult place at the moment. As MPs, we really n… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 329 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Eighth sitting)It was very good to hear from the Minister setting out this group of clauses. The Liberal Democrats are very pleased it seeks to address the hostility towards those who administer … Mp PerformanceCrimeLocal Government | 318 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 12 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 33 Impact of the Act on trust in elections (1) The Secretary of State must, within 12 months of t… Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 157 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Local GovernmentTechnologyFiscal Policy | 12 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Representation of the People Bill (Eighth sitting)New clause 6, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley), picks up on the 2024 voting reforms that expanded eligibility for around 1.4 million to 3.4 mil… Mp PerformanceCrimeLocal Government | 757 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Home Office | 33 | 13.5% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 32 | 13.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 30 | 12.2% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 28 | 11.4% |
| Ministry of Justice | 24 | 9.8% |
| Department for Education | 21 | 8.6% |
| Department for Transport | 21 | 8.6% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 17 | 6.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance on levels of poverty among older private renters. | Pending |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of stopping the issuing of visas to Afghan nationals on the ability of those people to safe and legal routes for relocation and prot… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that pay for police contact centre staff reflects regional variations in the cost of living, including in Surrey. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether pay for police contact centre staff is sufficient to support recruitment and retention in high-cost areas such as Surrey. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of pay levels on morale among police contact centre staff. | Pending |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the contractual requirements that apply to independent sector providers delivering NHS-funded cataract surgery, including whether they are required to accept an ap… | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of average waiting times for fact-finding hearings in the family courts; and what steps he is taking to reduce those waiting times. | Answered |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support community pharmacies to improve accessibility for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or living with dual sensory loss; and whether he is taking… | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping; and whether she has made a comparative assessment of (a) revenue gen… | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the adequacy of the pace of its ongoing investigation of a suicide forum that grooms users to die by suicide. | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of Ofcom's sufficient powers and resources to tackle a specific website linked to over 135 UK deaths and to prevent future… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the adequacy of its powers under the Online Safety Act 2023 to tackle a suicide forum linked to over 135 UK deaths. | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken to help stop UK users accessing a suicide forum responsible for over 135 deaths in this country following her meeting action with a gr… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to children’s hospice services; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable provision across England. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on reducing VAT for grassroots music venues. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024)Select | Member | Commons | 18 Dec 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 56 | 17,421 | 12.5% |
| Staffing | 2 | 113,736 | 81.8% |
| Accommodation | 17 | 3,490 | 2.5% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,686 | 1.9% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,730 | 1.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 30 | 6,612 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 6,000 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 4,900 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 17 | 3,490 |
| Training - staff | Office Costs | 4 | 2,821 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,602 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 4 | 254 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 1 | 250 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 7 | 131 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 574 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 396 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 396 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 396 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 328 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 960 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -960 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 42 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.AMAZON. [***] [200011725-7659] | 9 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-8104] | 210 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 2,125 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 631 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 130 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 65 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 20 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011726-8081] | 210 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation2 entries
14 Apr 2026
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)
08 Apr 2025
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)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2 entries
24 Feb 2026
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)
17 Nov 2025
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)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 17 wards, 40 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash South | David Shaw | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 535 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ash South | Sue Wyeth-Price | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 737 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ash Vale | Carla Morson | Liberal Democrats | 1,183 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ash Vale | Richard Charles Lucas | Liberal Democrats | 1,070 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ash Wharf | Fiona Jean White | Liberal Democrats | 699 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ash Wharf | Philip Edward Bellamy | Liberal Democrats | 617 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bellfields Slyfield | Amanda Creese | Labour Party | 453 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bellfields Slyfield | James Walsh | Labour Party | 419 | 04 May 2023 |
| Burpham | George Potter | Liberal Democrats | 1,065 | 04 May 2023 |
| Burpham | Jane Tyson | Liberal Democrats | 839 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle | Geoff Davis | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,091 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle | Maddy Redpath | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 1,159 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle | Richard Allen Mills | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,128 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clandon Horsley | Catherine-Anne Young | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 1,949 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clandon Horsley | Dawn Bennett | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 1,859 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clandon Horsley | Ruth Brothwell | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 1,804 | 04 May 2023 |
| Effingham | Merel Astrid Rehorst-Smith | Liberal Democrats | 521 | 04 May 2023 |
| Merrow | Jo Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 1,315 | 04 May 2023 |
| Merrow | Joss Bigmore | Residents for Guildford and Villages | 995 | 04 May 2023 |
| Merrow | Yves De Contades | Liberal Democrats | 1,094 | 04 May 2023 |
| Onslow | Angela Marie Goodwin | Liberal Democrats | 1,272 | 04 May 2023 |
| Onslow | James Owen Ashton Jones | Liberal Democrats | 933 | 04 May 2023 |
| Onslow | Steven Lee | Liberal Democrats | 908 | 04 May 2023 |
| Send Lovelace | James Anthony Brooker | Guildford Greenbelt Group | 960 | 04 May 2023 |
| Send Lovelace | Jason Michael Fenwick | Guildford Greenbelt Group | 855 | 04 May 2023 |
| Send Lovelace | Pat Oven | Guildford Greenbelt Group | 980 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Nicolas | Tom Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 518 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoke | Cait Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 634 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoke | Stephen James Hives | Liberal Democrats | 578 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoke | Vanessa Louise King | Liberal Democrats | 629 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoughton North | Gillian Michelle Harwood | Liberal Democrats | 750 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoughton North | Lizzie Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 684 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoughton South | Katie Steel | Liberal Democrats | 660 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stoughton South | Masuk Miah | Liberal Democrats | 653 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westborough | Howard Smith | Labour Party | 508 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westborough | Julia Maureen McShane | Liberal Democrats | 599 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westborough | Sandy Lowry | Liberal Democrats | 570 | 04 May 2023 |
| Worplesdon | Bill Akhtar | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,071 | 04 May 2023 |
| Worplesdon | Honor Jean Brooker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,087 | 04 May 2023 |
| Worplesdon | Philip Naylor Brooker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,052 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 101,749 | Electorate 70,662 (2024) |
| Median age | 37 | years |
| Degree-educated | 46.1% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 84.5% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 64.8% | households |
| Private-rented | 21.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 57.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.