 From 1924 to 1927 for Century Press, Fulham Road, London.In a 1957 by-election, following his wife's death in December, Rankin was elected as a member of the London County Council (LCC) for Fulham, and remained an LCC member until its abolition in 1964.In 1917, he married Ethel Mary Stock (1892-1965), a politician, who was an LCC member for Fulham, from 1949 until her death in 1956, rising to vice chairman.