Tim Roca, born Juan Timothy Charles Roca in Stockport in November 1985, is the first Labour MP for Macclesfield since the seat's creation in 1918. He grew up in Cheshire, attended Poynton High School and Lancaster University, and is of Argentine heritage, a patron of the Association of Argentine Professionals in the UK and a UNISON member.

He insists he came to politics from "the real world", having worked in higher education at King's College London and the University of Westminster in business management and planning for 15 years. His council record is more than a footnote: a Westminster City councillor for Harrow Road from 2015 to 2024, he served on planning, housing finance and education bodies and became Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council in May 2022 when Labour took control, resigning that role in January 2024 on selection for Macclesfield, a seat he had also contested in 2015. Running one of London's most significant local authorities is more substantial than "a Westminster councillor" suggests.

He is a UK delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a strong advocate for Ukraine, having visited the country, called for sustained Western support, and backed using frozen Russian assets to fund its defence, an unusually developed foreign-affairs engagement for a new backbencher. He sits on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and served on the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill committee. He was elected in 2024 with 24,672 votes (46.7 percent) and a majority of 9,120 (18.5 percent).

Roca's strengths include Cheshire roots and a Lancaster education, Argentine heritage, a 15-year higher education career, nine years as a Westminster councillor including the deputy leadership, the 2015 candidacy showing persistence, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly role, his Ukraine advocacy, the EFRA Committee, and an 18.5 percent majority. His weaknesses include the "swivel eyed" and "toxic cesspit" remarks, no ministerial office, no legislative achievement bearing his name, a council background that was London-focused rather than Cheshire-focused, and the structural risk that a seat Conservative since 1918 could revert. At 40, with the Westminster deputy leadership, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly role, the Ukraine expertise and the EFRA Committee, he has a more substantial institutional profile than most new MPs. Whether the EFRA work produces visible rural improvements and whether the NATO engagement translates to constituency relevance will determine whether the first Labour MP for Macclesfield becomes a lasting presence.