Zöe Franklin.

Active and locally focused since winning Guildford in July 2024, Franklin has largely followed the Liberal Democrat line — but broke ranks once, voting in favour of a devolution-related amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025 that her party majority opposed. More recently she has been active on the Armed Forces Bill and the National Security (State Threats) Bill, including serving as a teller — a procedural role indicating front-foot engagement in Commons business. Her local advocacy has drawn press attention, particularly for criticising the government's autumn budget as insufficient for Guildford's businesses and families, and for sustained campaigning on child poverty, River Wey pollution, and NHS provision.

At 64% voting participation she sits below the Commons average, though this is not unusual for newer MPs still building their workload. She votes with the Liberal Democrats on 99.7% of divisions — a near-perfect party-line record bar the assisted dying rebellion. Her speeches skew heavily towards local government (42 contributions), social care (30), and the economy (30), pointing to a domestic and constituency-driven focus. On civil liberties and parliamentary scrutiny she votes in line with Lib Dem instincts around 92% of the time, though she backs government bills unamended more often than her party colleagues — 33% versus an 18% party average.

Franklin sits on the Speaker's Conference, which examines parliamentary participation and representation. Her news coverage over the past 90 days spans education, transport, and housing, with no single dominant controversy. The most revealing data gap is her voting record on welfare and NHS funding, where she falls slightly behind her own party's average — though the sample sizes are small enough to caution against firm conclusions.