Alberto Costa

Conservative MP for South Leicestershire, since 7 May 2015

Alberto Costa is the Conservative MP for South Leicestershire, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

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Scorecard

68.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

393 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

182 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs

29 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more

249 Debates spoken in 399 written questions tabled

Ranked 398 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98	No	287–150
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41	No	284–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37	No	291–144
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36	No	288–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26	No	287–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13	No	297–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4	No	298–152
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2	No	293–155
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439	No	292–158
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342	No vote	294–61
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11	No	294–156
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E	No	293–159
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106	No vote	248–139
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102	No vote	259–136
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B	No vote	254–144
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38	No vote	256–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78	No vote	277–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77	No vote	271–95
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43	No vote	273–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35	No vote	275–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	No vote	269–162
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	No vote	276–155
15 Apr 2026	Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No vote	269–103
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	278–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments	No vote	247–21

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Heather Craven
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for my local party association.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Heather Craven
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for my campaign fund, held by my local party association.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Tratos UK Limited
Address of donor: 50 Randles Road, Knowsley Business Park, Prescot, Merseyside L34 9HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,276.56 direct mail and printing costs for a constituency-wide newsletter. The total cost was split across two payments; this entry relates to the second and final payment.
Donor status: company, registration 01524815
(Registered 4 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Tratos UK Limited
Address of donor: 50 Randles Road Knowsley Business Park Prescot Merseyside L34 9HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,276.55 direct mail and printing costs for a constituency-wide newsletter. The total cost was split across two payments; this entry relates to the first payment.
Donor status: company, registration 01524815
(Registered 9 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Michael Fry
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: pro bono legal advice on planning, provided to me, to a maximum value of £1,500 (+VAT), value £1,800
Date received: 14 September 2025
Date accepted: 14 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London
Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner provided to me and a member of my staff (in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy), alongside other APPG members, value £160
Date received: 19 May 2026
Date accepted: 19 May 2026
Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London)
(Registered 5 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy
Address of donor: c/o House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two taxi journeys, to and from the Residence of the Italian Ambassador, for a dinner hosted by the Italian Embassy. The outward journey was shared with a member of my staff and an APPG member; the return journey was shared with an APPG member, value £41.40
Date received: 19 May 2026
Date accepted: 19 May 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 5 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London
Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Approximate value of refreshments for myself and 45 guests following the ceremony at which I was conferred the title of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy, value £828
Date received: 10 March 2026
Date accepted: 10 March 2026
Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London)
(Registered 27 March 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London
Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: My member of staff attended a reception at the Italian Embassy in London, at which refreshments were provided. The approximate value per person is declared below. The threshold for registration was reached on 10 March 2026, value £70
Date received: 2 February 2026
Date accepted: 2 February 2026
Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London)
(Registered 1 April 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London
Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: My member of staff and their guest attended a reception at the Italian Embassy in London, at which refreshments were provided. The approximate value for two people is outlined below, value £140
Date received: 19 March 2026
Date accepted: 19 March 2026
Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London)
(Registered 2 April 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy
Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £35.90
Date received: 24 February 2026
Date accepted: 24 February 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 2026)