Alberto Costa
Conservative South Leicestershire
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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Every Commons division on file for Alberto Costa — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,927 of 2,376 (81%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Alberto Costa doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Alberto Costa →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 myself and a member of staff during a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £32.40
Date received: 17 March 2026
Date accepted: 17 March 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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 £9.80
Date received: 21 January 2026
Date accepted: 21 January 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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: Taxi fare in connection with my role as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £11
Date received: 9 February 2026
Date accepted: 9 February 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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: Taxi fare in connection with my award of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy, value £19.20
Date received: 10 March 2026
Date accepted: 10 March 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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 £15.20
Date received: 19 January 2026
Date accepted: 19 January 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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 lunch for a staff member in connection with my duties as Chair of the APPG on Italy, value £6.45
Date received: 13 February 2026
Date accepted: 13 February 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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 drinks for myself and 45 guests in connection with my award of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy, value £192.38
Date received: 10 March 2026
Date accepted: 10 March 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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: Taxi fare for me and a member of staff in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £3.80
Date received: 9 February 2026
Date accepted: 9 February 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 2026; updated 2 April 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 £5.48
Date received: 28 January 2026
Date accepted: 28 January 2026
Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account)
(Registered 25 March 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 provided to me and a member of staff following an APPG meeting, value £140
Date received: 9 February 2026
Date accepted: 9 February 2026
Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London)
(Registered 27 March 2026; updated 2 April 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Glasgow
Rental income: from 1 June 2016
(Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016)
Non-practising solicitor in England and Wales; member of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Date interest arose: 18 July 2019
(Registered 22 October 2015; updated 23 July 2019)
Non-practising solicitor and notary public in Scotland.
Date interest arose: 31 October 2016
(Registered 22 October 2015; updated 9 November 2016)
I am an executive committee member of the Lutterworth and District Action Group (unpaid).
Date interest arose: 4 October 2025
(Registered 21 October 2025)
I received the title of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy on Tuesday 10 March 2026.
Date interest arose: 10 March 2026
(Registered 19 March 2026)
Name: Dr Maria Psatha
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 20 April 2016; updated 26 July 2024 and 18 June 2026)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Alberto Costa yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Alberto Costa has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£319,330.66 paid out to or for Alberto Costa across 280 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Alberto Costa’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Alberto Costa — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Alberto Costa’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Alberto Costa is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: University of Portsmouth — about £35,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Alberto Costa personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Alberto Costa is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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