Jack Rankin (politician)

Jack Rankin
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate
Constituency	Windsor
Personal details
Born	August 19 1992 (age 31)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Warwick
Website	https://www.jackrankin.org.uk/

Jack Rankin (born 19 August 1992) is a British politician. He is the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Windsor in the upcoming United Kingdom general election. He is an energy markets professional, having a career background in commodity trading and corporate finance. was elected as a Councillor to the RBWM council between 2015 and 2019.

Early life and education

Jack Rankin was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1992 and was educated at West Hill School, a state comprehensive in Stalybridge, followed by the University of Warwick, where he read Mathematics and Physics, graduating with a BSc, MMathPhys in 2014.

Career

In 2014, Rankin began working for Centrica, at their headoffice in Windsor, Berkshire. His work related to long-term commodity trading and mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry.

Rankin was elected as a Councillor for the Castle Without ward covering central Windsor in 2015, topping the poll of 12 candidates. Whilst on the Council he Chaired the Windsor Town Forum and served as a board member for the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. He was the constituency coordinator for Vote Leave in the Windsor parliamentary constituency.

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 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 describes himself as a classical liberal.

Personal life

In 2016, Rankin married non-practising barrister Sarah New. They had their first child, a son, in 2021. In 2024, their second child, a son was born.

Rankin is a member of the Church of England and is a keen supporter of Manchester United and Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Rankin is a member of CAMRA. He lives with his family in Sunninghill.