Voters want Simon Cowell for PM

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Voters want Simon Cowell for PM
Voters want Simon Cowell for PM (Image credit: PA Archive/PA Photos)

Simon Cowell is the celebrity voters would most like to see as Prime Minister. The Britain's Got Talent and X Factor judge secured 21 per cent of votes cast in an MSN Entertainment poll which asked who should lead the country, beating Joanna Lumley's absolutely fabulous 20 per cent. Chris Moyles, Russell Brand, Cheryl Cole and Katie Price also featured in the top 10. Well-respected news broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald clinched third place with 17 per cent of the votes. Chris was in fourth place with 9 per cent, while Russell and Cheryl also fared well, both clinching 8 per cent. Katie, whose marriage woes have been headline news over the last couple of weeks, was also thought to be a suitable leader, with 7 per cent of the vote. The poll of more than 101,500 votes was carried out by MSN Entertainment at MSN.co.uk/entertainment.

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.