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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	No	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	No	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	Aye	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	Aye	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	Aye	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	No	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	No	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	Aye	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	No	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	Aye	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	No	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	Aye	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	No	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	Aye	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	No	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	No	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	No	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	No	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	No	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	Aye	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	No vote	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	No vote	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	No vote	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	No	357–174

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)