[3] His father, Luis Barcala Muñoz, captain in the Spanish Air Force, died in a plane crash in Los Llanos, Albacete on November 19, 1974.

[10][11] In 2005, Luis Barcala joined the executive committee of the People's Party (PP) of Alicante as secretary of Study and Programs.

He resigned after the election of May 24th, 2015 when the Valencian Socialist Party (PSPV-PSOE), Guanyar Alacant (consisting of the United Left, Podemos, Green Party and the Socialist Alternative) and Compromis formed an alliance (holding 15 of 29 council seats) to remove the PP from the city government and made Gabriel Echávarri mayor.

[16] There was an investigation into a possible attempt to bribe Nerea Belmonte to vote for Eva Montesinos,[17] but the prosecutor closed the case due there being no evidence of a crime.

[19][20] In 2023 local elections, with the collapse of Citizens, Barcala's People's Party increased their representation to 14 of 29 seats, allowing him to be reelected as mayor without the support from any coalition partners.