Alberto Costa.

A steady Conservative loyalist with no rebel votes, Alberto Costa has been active on defence and national security legislation in recent weeks. He backed Conservative opposition motions pushing the government to move faster on defence spending, supported several amendments to the Armed Forces Bill — including clauses related to service personnel welfare, where he votes more consistently than most Conservative MPs — and opposed the government's attempt to restrict debate time on the National Security (State Threats) Bill, instead backing amendments to preserve judicial oversight of the new state threat powers.

Costa votes with his party on every recorded vote — a 100% alignment rate — and his participation rate of 68% sits below the Commons average. His stance profile is conventionally Conservative: firmly anti-tax, consistently pro-business, and tough on crime, while opposing workers' rights and progressive taxation measures near-uniformly. He deviates from his party average most sharply on assisted dying, where he has voted against access in every recorded case compared to a quarter of Conservative MPs who have supported it. His speeches cluster around local government, housing, and the economy, reflecting constituency pressures in South Leicestershire.

Costa chairs both the Committee of Privileges and the Committee on Standards — roles that place him at the centre of parliamentary conduct and integrity questions, and that may explain his above-average civil liberties scores relative to Conservative colleagues. His local news coverage highlights active constituency work: raising a brain tumour research case at PMQs, organising an emergency meeting over Lutterworth development, and writing to ministers on flooding and sentencing. News sentiment data across 55 articles in the past 90 days is broadly neutral, with transport dominating local coverage.