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Zöe Franklin
Zöe Louise Franklin (born 1 June 1981) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford since 2024.
Franklin was born in Ascot, Berkshire and started school in Bodmin before her family moved to Farnham aged 7. She attended Hale Middle School and Farnham Heath End School before travelling to Alton College to complete her A-levels.
In 1999 Franklin moved to Guildford to study Music (BMus) at University of Surrey graduating in 2002. In 2005 she graduated from University of Southampton with a Master of Musicology (MMus).
Franklin has had a varied career. After completing her masters she worked in the creative sector initially for Surrey County Arts and then the educational publishers Rhinegold Education Ltd.
She has described in interviews how it was there that she experienced a “quarter-life crisis” noting that she realised she wanted to do more to help people which led her to move into politics, becoming Director of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum.
Franklin's political career began in May 2007 when she became the temporary director of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum, in a five-month maternity cover appointment.
From October 2008 to August 2010, Franklin served as a Constituency Organiser for the Guildford Liberal Democrats.
In 2008, Franklin stood for election to Guildford Borough as councillor for Stoke ward (now Bellfields and Slyfield) in a by-election. She won with 26.6 percent of the vote (more than double her closest rival) and continued as councillor until 2015 when she stood down. [1]
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Zöe Franklin
Zöe Louise Franklin (born 1 June 1981) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford since 2024.
Franklin was born in Ascot, Berkshire and started school in Bodmin before her family moved to Farnham aged 7. She attended Hale Middle School and Farnham Heath End School before travelling to Alton College to complete her A-levels.
In 1999 Franklin moved to Guildford to study Music (BMus) at University of Surrey graduating in 2002. In 2005 she graduated from University of Southampton with a Master of Musicology (MMus).
Franklin has had a varied career. After completing her masters she worked in the creative sector initially for Surrey County Arts and then the educational publishers Rhinegold Education Ltd.
She has described in interviews how it was there that she experienced a “quarter-life crisis” noting that she realised she wanted to do more to help people which led her to move into politics, becoming Director of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum.
Franklin's political career began in May 2007 when she became the temporary director of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum, in a five-month maternity cover appointment.
From October 2008 to August 2010, Franklin served as a Constituency Organiser for the Guildford Liberal Democrats.
In 2008, Franklin stood for election to Guildford Borough as councillor for Stoke ward (now Bellfields and Slyfield) in a by-election. She won with 26.6 percent of the vote (more than double her closest rival) and continued as councillor until 2015 when she stood down. [1]