Jack Michael Rankin (born 19 August 1992) is a British politician. He has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for
Windsor since 2024. Before being elected, he worked as an energy markets professional, having a career background in commodity trading and corporate finance. He was a councillor to the
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council between 2015 and 2019.
Early Life
Rankin was born in
Ashton-under-Lyne in 1992. He was educated at
West Hill School, a state comprehensive in Stalybridge, followed by the
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...
, where he read Mathematics and Physics, graduating with a BSc, MMathPhys in 2014.
Career
In 2014, Rankin began working for
Centrica
Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and gas to consumers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
It is the largest su ...
, at their headoffice in
Windsor, Berkshire. His work related to long-term commodity trading and mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry. He joined Pexapark in 2022
Rankin was elected as a councillor for the Castle Without ward covering central Windsor in the
2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election.
Rankin contested
Ashton-under-Lyne at the 2017 general election, coming second with 32.0% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP
Angela Rayner.
He was selected for the marginal seat of
Warwick and Leamington
Warwick and Leamington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2017 general election by Matt Western, of the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
Constituency profile
The seat comprises the two epon ...
in the first tranche of candidates ahead of what became the 2019 General Election. He came second losing by 789 votes.
Rankin was then selected as the candidate for Windsor in September 2023 in what was described as a “gruelling process”.
In September 2023, Rankin was accused of sharing transphobic social media posts after describing LGBTQ rights charity Stonewall as “dangerous” and criticised public and corporate funding of the organisation. Rankin defended his comments saying he opposes discrimination against LGBTQ people, but that “a number of organisations have been pushing a politically contentious agenda in schools, an agenda that tells children they may have been ‘born in the wrong body’ and promotes the permanent and irreversible medical and surgical treatments to children.”
In April 2024, he described the UK as in a “pre-war environment” and called for the UK to re-arm.
Rankin was elected as Member of Parliament for Windsor at the
2024 general election, winning 36.4% of the vote and a majority of 6,457.
Personal life
In 2016, Rankin married non-practising barrister Sarah New. He lives in
Sunninghill with his wife and two sons.
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People from Windsor, Berkshire
UK MPs 2024–present
Living people
1992 births
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies