Tim Roca | |
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| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Macclesfield | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | David Rutley |
| Majority | 9,120 (18.5%) |
| Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council | |
| In office May 2022 –January 2024 | |
| Member of Westminster City Council for Harrow Road | |
| In office May 2018 –August 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Timothy Charles Roca 14 November 1985 Stockport,Greater Manchester,England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Poynton High School |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Juan Timothy Charles Roca (born 14 November 1985) 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,England,attending Disley Primary School and Poynton High School. [3] Roca studied History at Lancaster University,where he was President of the Students' Union for the 2007/ 2008 year.
Roca worked in London 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 stood 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. 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 gay. [12]
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