Official portrait of Alicia Kearns

Alicia Kearns

Conservative MP for Rutland and Stamford, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office)

Alicia Kearns is the Conservative MP for Rutland and Stamford, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office), and Opposition Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

62.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
331 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 27 as teller
217 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
14 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
13 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
386 Debates spoken in 687 written questions tabled

Ranked 483 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) No vote 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No vote 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No vote 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No vote 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No vote 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No vote 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 Aye 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 Aye 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 Aye 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading No 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 Aye 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 Aye 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No 257–128

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: 4th Floor, 42-44 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Overnight hotel accommodation and all food, for a member of my staff to attend the two day Great Britian-China Centre Future Leaders Programme (London), value £1,100
Date received: 6 November 2025 to 7 November 2025
Date accepted: 6 November 2025
Donor status: other (Executive non-departmental public body of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: 4th Floor, 42-44 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel accomodation and sustinence during Great Britian-China Centre Future Leaders Programme (Oxford) attended by a member of my staff, value £1,350
Date received: 23 July 2025 to 25 July 2025
Date accepted: 23 July 2025
Donor status: other (executive non-departmental body)
(Registered 14 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: The Office of Tibet
Address of donor: Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£3080.39), accomodation, meals and travel (estimated £1,000 total), value £4,080.39
Destination of visit: India (Dharamshala)
Dates of visit: 25 May 2026 to 30 May 2026
Purpose of visit: I joined a cross-party Parliamentary delegation to Dharamshala to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Parliament of the Centre Tibetan Administration.
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£5,187

Name of donor: The McCain Institute
Address of donor: 1776 I Street NW, Washington DC 20006
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights to Washington DC (£5,187.36), value £5,187.36
Destination of visit: United States (Washington DC)
Dates of visit: 11 March 2026 to 14 March 2026
Purpose of visit: Attended the McCain Institute Conference on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs as a panellist
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£6,480

Name of donor: Doha Forum / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
Address of donor: Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights for me and my child (£6,077.14) Accommodation, food and beverages (£403.16) Forum entry: Free of charge (My family attended to care for our six-month old baby while I attended the Forum.), value £6,480.30
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 4 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Doha Forum 2025, primarily focused on arbitrary detention and bilaterals with Ministers from other countries.
(Registered 2 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Embassy of Finland
Address of donor: 38 Chesham Place, London SW1X 8HW
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): My Parliamentary Assistant attended this trip, following an invitation to do so by the Finnish Embassy. Flights, accommodation, sustenance, and transport, value £1,084
Destination of visit: Finland
Dates of visit: 25 November 2025 to 28 November 2025
Purpose of visit: This study trip to Finland provided an opportunity to discover insights into the Finnish Society and the concept of comprehensive security, comprised of societal resilience, national defence and internal security.
(Registered 12 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Address of donor: 114 rue de Lausanne, Geneva 1202
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£312.90), accommodation (£272), transfers (£193) and lunch (£72) for me and two family members, value £849.90
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 5 October 2025 to 6 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Attending the Consular Services Conference in Geneva, Switzerland hosted by the Centre for Human Dialogue. My husband attended to care for my 4 month old baby.
(Registered 21 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£5,489

Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
Address of donor: Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0EB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Costs: Return flights to Taiwan £3400. Accommodation, travel in Taiwan, sustenance, and activities £2089, value £5,489
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 5 July 2025 to 16 July 2025
Purpose of visit: European Valued Important Partnership (EVIP) delegation for Parliamentary staff to Taiwan. The EVIP Delegation invited Parliamentary staff from seven European countries to visit Taiwan to meet politicians, civil servants, business, and industry leaders and engage in cultural activities. My Senior Parliamentary Researcher was invited and attended as the UK delegate.
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Patron of UK-China Transparency
Date interest arose: 7 July 2026
(Registered 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Board Member of the Great British-China Centre, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee operating as an executive non-departmental public body, established by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to support UK-China relations.
Date interest arose: 23 June 2022
Date interest ended: 28 November 2025
(Registered 28 July 2022; updated 24 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Director of the China Research Group, a company limited by guarantee which works to inform MPs on the long term challenges arising from the rise of China. This is an unpaid role with no financial benefits.
Date interest arose: 22 June 2023
Date interest ended: 28 November 2025
(Registered 23 April 2024; updated 24 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Membership of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union and from 27 November 2025, Vice Chair. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 19 November 2024
(Registered 1 December 2024; updated 12 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Membership of the Council of Europe. This is an unpaid role
Date interest arose: 26 November 2024
(Registered 2 December 2024)

On the register since 11 Dec 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

386 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

6 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £40,373 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
25 May 2026 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP The Office of Tibet Other Visit £4,080
11 Mar 2026 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP The McCain Institute Other Visit £5,187
4 Dec 2025 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP Doha Forum / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of… Other Visit £6,480
5 Jul 2025 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Other Visit £5,489
5 Dec 2024 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Other Visit £16k
21 Nov 2024 Ms Alicia Kearns sitting MP Halifax International Security Forum Other Visit £2,827

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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