Jack Rankin | |
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Member of Parliament for Windsor | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Adam Afriyie |
Majority | 6,457 (14.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ashton-under-Lyne,England | 19 August 1992
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Website | Official website |
Jack Michael Rankin [1] (born 19 August 1992) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) 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.
Rankin was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1992. [2] He was educated at West Hill School, [3] a state comprehensive in Stalybridge,followed by the University of Warwick,where he read Mathematics and Physics,graduating with a BSc,MMathPhys in 2014. [4]
In 2014,Rankin began working for Centrica,at their headoffice in Windsor,Berkshire. [5] His work related to long-term commodity trading and mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry. He joined Pexapark in 2022 [6]
Rankin was elected as a councillor for the Castle Without ward covering central Windsor in the 2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election. [7]
Rankin contested Ashton-under-Lyne at the 2017 general election, [8] [9] 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 [10] in the first tranche of candidates ahead of what became the 2019 General Election. He came second losing by 789 votes. [11] [12]
Rankin was then selected as the candidate for Windsor in September 2023 [13] in what was described as a “gruelling process”. [14]
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. [15] 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. [16]
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. [17]
In 2016,Rankin married non-practising barrister Sarah New. [18] He lives in Sunninghill with his wife and two sons. [19]
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