Alberto Costa (British politician)

Alberto Castrenze Costa[1] (born 13 November 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire since the 2015 general election.[2]

For other people named Alberto Costa, see Alberto Costa (disambiguation).

Alberto Costa

MP
Costa in 2020
Member of Parliament
for South Leicestershire
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byAndrew Robathan
Majority24,004 (41.7%)
Personal details
Born
Alberto Castrenze Costa

(1971-11-13) 13 November 1971
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Websitealbertocosta.org.uk

Early life

Costa was born to Italian parents who have lived in Scotland for 50 years.[3][4] He grew up in Bishopbriggs. He trained as a solicitor and worked at the Treasury Solicitor's Department.[5]

Political career

At the 2010 general election, Costa unsuccessfully contested the Angus constituency; where he finished in second place behind the sitting MP Mike Weir of the Scottish National Party.[6]

Costa was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU referendum.[7]

He currently leads the House of Commons delegation of MPs affiliated to the Conservative Friends of Greece parliamentary group.[8]

On 27 February 2019, he was asked to resign, and did so, from his role as parliamentary private secretary in the Scotland Office following his tabling of an amendment to protect rights of EU citizens. Shortly before his resignation, Home Secretary Sajid Javid backed the amendment in a committee meeting and said that the Government would support it.[9] It was later passed unopposed, approved 'on the nod' by the Commons.[10]

References
  1. "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9123.
  2. "Election 2017 - Leicestershire South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. Mandy Rhodes (3 March 2019). "Mandy Rhodes: It cost him his job but MP Alberto Costa revealed a common decency despite Brexit". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. https://neweuropeans.net/article/1541/british-mp-italian-origin-makes-plea-pm-parents-right-remain
  5. Simmons, Richard (10 April 2015). "Meet the lawyers standing for Parliament". The Lawyer. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.(subscription required)
  6. "Tories choose Alberto Costa to stand for South Leicestershire in 2015 General Election, after Andrew Robathan decided not to defend his seat". Leicester Mercury. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. "Who we are". cfgreece.org. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. O'Carroll, Lisa (27 February 2019). "Confusion reigns over Brexit amendment as Tory MP sacked". The Guardian.
  10. Sparrow, Andrew (27 February 2019). "Hardline Tory Brexiters split as MPs overwhelmingly back move to allow vote to extend article 50 – Politics live". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew Robathan		 Member of Parliament
for South Leicestershire
2015–present		 Incumbent
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