Alberto Costa

MP since 7 May 2015

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

1915

Votes Cast

£291,572

Expenses 2024-25

5,506

Majority

35.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£291,572

Staffing£220,680
Accommodation£29,401
Office£27,740
Travel£13,750

Year-on-Year

2024-25£291,572
2023-24£233,908
2022-23£223,123
2021-22£204,123
2020-21£209,084
2019-20£191,734
2018-19£177,472
2017-18£161,004
2016-17£162,149
2015-16£106,905

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 51,359 voters

Conservative
18,264 votes35.6%
Labour
12,758 votes24.8%
Reform UK
10,235 votes19.9%
Liberal Democrat
7,621 votes14.8%
Green Party
2,481 votes4.8%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

87

Written Questions

1

Oral Questions

33

Debates Spoken In

60

Speeches

393

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

4 AYE

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(11)

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

Tratos UK Limited

£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.

£4,277
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

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

Tratos UK Limited

£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.

£4,277
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

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

Michael Fry

pro bono legal advice on planning, provided to me, to a maximum value of £1,500 (+VAT)

14 September 2025

£1,500
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

Visits outside the UK

the Chair of the British Friendship Group in the Italian Parliament

£96
Name of donor
(1) Italian IPU Group (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy (3) Dr Maurizio Bragagni (4) Italian Parliament
Address of donor
(1) Protocol Office, Chamber of Deputies, Piazza del Parlamento 24, 00186 Rome (2) House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA (3) private (4) Camera dei Deputati Palazzo Montecitorio - Piazza Montecitorio 00186 - Rome (Italy)
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
(1) Lunch for me and a member of my staff (£95.52). Tour of the Colosseum for myself, a member of my staff and one guest (£169.80), value £265.32 (2) Flights for a staff member and a guest (£368.15), meals for myself, my staff member and a guest (£270.87), transport for myself, my staff member and a guest (£250.21), other incidental costs (£100.21), value £989.44 (3) For myself, my staff member and one guest: Transport (£284.45), accommodation (£156.30), meals (£273.57) & other costs (£26.07), value £740.39 (4) Presentation of symbolic, parliamentary items exchanged between me, as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, and the various senior Italian select committee chairs we met. Estimated value of ceremonial items is, value £275
Destination of visit
Italy
Dates of visit
5 October 2025 to 12 October 2025
Purpose of visit
As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, the group received an invite from the Chair of the British Friendship Group in the Italian Parliament, as well as an additional invite to visit two factories run by an Anglo-Italian business. The visit to the Italian Parliament was organised by the Italian Interparliamentary Union. The Group met with over 40 senior Italian MPs and Senators (including chairs of Italian parliamentary select committees) in both Houses of the Italian Parliament, as well as undertaking meetings with representatives of the British expat community and at the British School at Rome. Some members of the group also visited two factories run by an Anglo-Italian business company.

Registered 29 October 2025

Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

1 June 2016

Type of land/property
Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties
1
Location
London
Ownership details
owned jointly with my wife
Rental income
from 1 June 2016

Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Alberto in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish detailed information on steel safeguard quota allocations and anticipated utilisation in advance of the imple

Department for Business and Trade22 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department will publish detailed information on steel safeguard quota allocations and anticipated utilisation in advance of the implem

Department for Business and Trade16 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police Federation in representing its members.

Home Office3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting (a) an independent review and (b) an inquiry into the Police Federation

Home Office3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of oversight her Department has of the governance and reform of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Home Office3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of England’s progress in providing universal access to Fracture Liaison Services with Scotland, Wales

Department of Health and Social Care19 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make Fracture Liaison Services a mandated service for Integrated Care Boards.

Department of Health and Social Care19 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance is provided to exporters on demonstrating low diversion risk under the Sanctions End-Use Controls.

Department for Business and Trade15 May 2026

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure that data accessed or processed through the NHS Federated Data Platform cannot be repurposed, now or in

Department of Health and Social Care13 Apr 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ongoing restructuring of NHS England and the reduction in Integr

Department of Health and Social Care10 Apr 2026
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