FROM Jeremy Clarkson to Mr Bean, we asked you which celebrities should take over as Prime Minister, and you did not disappoint.

As MPs up and down the country resigned from ministerial roles, PM Boris Johnson then announced he too would be stepping down as leader.

Over the last week the competition to become the next Conservative leader, and subsequently the new PM, has been heating up, with former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the lead.

We asked readers to tell us who they would pick if a celebrity could take on the role.

Comedians, footballers, actors and cartoon characters were just some of the stars put forward.

Out of more than 100 responses, here are some of the editorial team's favourites:

  • Ricky Gervais
  • Martin Lewis
  • RuPaul
  • Jeremy Clarkson
  • Danny Dyer
  • Robert (Judge) Rinder
  • Hugh Grant
  • Russell Brand
  • Miriam Margolyes
  • David Attenborough
  • James Cordon
  • Gordon Ramsey
  • Joanna Lumley
  • Piers Morgan
  • Dawn French
  • Karl Pilkington
  • Stephen Fry
  • Greg Davies with Alex Horne
  • Marcus Rashford
  • Cher
  • Alan Sugar
  • Tyson Fury

Fictional characters suggested...

  • Mr Bean
  • Mrs Brown, of Mrs Brown’s Boys
  • ET
  • Homer Simpson
  • Dumbledore
  • Alan Partridge