Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for Home Affairs | |
| Assumed office 2 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Tom Tugendhat |
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 2 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Stephen Doughty |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Rosindell |
| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee | |
| In office 12 October 2022 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Tugendhat |
| Succeeded by | Emily Thornberry |
| Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford Rutland and Melton (2019–2024) | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Duncan |
| Majority | 10,394 (21.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns 11 November 1987 England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Langham, Rutland, England |
| Education | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns (born 11 November 1987) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutland and Stamford, previously Rutland and Melton, since 2019 and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs since November 2024. She identifies ideologically as a one-nation conservative.
In October 2022, Kearns was elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. She is the first woman to ever be elected to the role, and the youngest ever female Chair of a Select Committee.