Alicia Kearns


Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton since the 2019 general election.

Early life and career

Kearns grew up in Cambridgeshire, and attended the comprehensive school, Impington Village College. During her teenage years, she was a member of the UK Youth Parliament and an activist for Amnesty International. She studied social and political sciences at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in 2009. During university, she participated in student theatre productions.
Kearns has worked in communication roles at the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She was the lead press officer for MOD's contribution to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, and the government's communication campaigns in Syria and Iraq for the FCO. At the MoJ, she worked as the Victims' Minister's press secretary. Kearns became the client services director for the strategic communications consultancy Global Influence in 2016. She later became an independent consultant.

Parliamentary career

Kearns was selected as the Conservative candidate for Rutland and Melton on 8 November 2019. It is a notionally safe Conservative seat, having been represented by a member of the party since the constituency's creation in 1983. She had previously stood in the 2017 general election in the safe Labour seat Mitcham and Morden and was also in the final shortlist in the same election for the safe Conservative seat Chelmsford but lost selection to then MEP Vicky Ford. She was elected in the 2019 general election with a majority of 26,924 votes. Kearns has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee since March 2020. She is also on the steering committee of the China Research Group.

Personal life

Kearns lives in the village of Langham with her husband and son.