Alicia Kearns | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 19 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| 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 |
| Education | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns[1] (born 11 November 1987)[2] 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 Foreign Affairs since July 2024.[3] She identifies ideologically as a one-nation conservative.[4]
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.
- ^ "Members Sworn". parliament.uk. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench". policymogul.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Kearns, Alicia. ""Happily cracking on being a One Nation Conservative, and I agree on foreign policy, I do know my stuff"". X. Retrieved 10 January 2024.