Juan Timothy Charles Roca is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield since 2024, when he gained the seat from the Conservative Party.[1] Roca is the first ever Labour MP for Macclesfield, which had been held by the Conservative Party since 1918.[2]
Roca grew up in Cheshire, United Kingdom, attending Disley Primary School in Disley, and Poynton High School.[3] Poynton High School was also the school attended by fellow MPs Graham Evans, Andrew Stephenson and William Wragg. Roca studied History at Lancaster University, where he served as President of the Students' Union from 2007 to 2008.
After attending Lancaster University, Roca moved to London working in Higher Education. He also became a Patron of APARU, the Association of Argentine professionals in the United Kingdom. [4]
At the May 2014 Westminster City Council election, Roca was one of Labour's three candidates for the St James's ward. However, all three seats were comfortably held by the Conservative Party.[5]
Tim Roca subsequently ran as the Labour candidate for Macclesfield in Cheshire at the May 2015 general election. Although he increased Labour's vote share, the Conservative Party held the seat with a 29.8% majority.[citation needed]
In July 2015, Roca was elected to represent Harrow Road ward (centred on the street of that name) on Westminster City Council in a by-election, thus becoming a Labour Councillor. He was subsequently re-elected at the 2018 and 2022 local elections and stood down in August 2024.[6][7][8] He has served as Cabinet Member for Young People and Learning, and, until January 2024, as deputy leader of the council.[9][10]
Roca was selected as the Labour candidate for Macclesfield at the 2024 general election, and this time took the seat from the Conservatives, who had represented the constituency since 1918.[2][11]
Roca is openly gay, and his parliamentary candidacy was supported by the LGBT+ Labour Chris Smith List.[12]
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