1. Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns was born on 11 November 1987 and is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford, previously Rutland and Melton, since 2019 and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs since November 2024.
In October 2022, Kearns was elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
Alicia Kearns is the first woman to ever be elected to the role, and the youngest ever female Chair of a Select Committee.
Alicia Kearns was born on 11 November 1987 and grew up in Cambridgeshire, where she attended a comprehensive school, Impington Village College.
Alicia Kearns studied social and political sciences at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in 2009.
Alicia Kearns has worked in communication roles at the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Alicia Kearns was the lead press officer for the MOD's contribution to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Alicia Kearns led the government's communication campaigns in Syria and Iraq for the FCO.
Alicia Kearns attended the UN-led peace talks on Syria and was deployed in Iraq, Kuwait and Ukraine.
Alicia Kearns became the client services director for the strategic communications consultancy Global Influence in 2016.
Immediately prior to her election to parliament, Alicia Kearns was directing counter-terrorism, counter disinformation and hybrid warfare interventions in Lebanon, Morocco and the Western Balkans.
Alicia Kearns stood for election at the 2017 general election in the safe Labour seat of Mitcham and Morden.
Alicia Kearns was in the final shortlist in the same election for the safe Conservative seat of Chelmsford but lost the selection to then-MEP Vicky Ford.
Alicia Kearns was selected as the Conservative candidate for Rutland and Melton on 8 November 2019.
Alicia Kearns is a supporter of transgender rights and in August 2020 co-authored an article in ConservativeHome with fellow MP Nicola Richards which called on the government to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
Some newspapers and broadcasters alleged that Alicia Kearns was part of an attempt by Conservative MPs elected in the 2019 general election to oust then Prime Minister Boris Johnson over Partygate in January 2022.
Alicia Kearns has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee since March 2020.
Alicia Kearns is on the steering committee of the China Research Group.
In July 2023, Alicia Kearns claimed in parliament that weapons were being smuggled from Serbia to Kosovo in ambulances and then being stored in Serbian Orthodox Churches.
Alicia Kearns has been a staunch opponent of the 4.2 mile Mallard Pass Solar Farm, which straddles Lincolnshire and Rutland, and aims to provide renewable energy to 92,000 homes.
In July 2024, Alicia Kearns was one of five politicians to cover for James O'Brien's radio show on LBC, as part of the station's "Guest Week".