Overview

• On October 12, Jeremy Clarkson asked Doncaster North voters on X if they wanted "someone from your neck of the woods" to kick Ed Miliband out.
• Speaking on Sky News on October 19, Miliband recalled Clarkson saying in 2013 he would contest the seat and said he "welcomes all comers."
• Politicians including former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe and Conservative councillor Liam Walker publicly encouraged Clarkson to run.
• Miliband has represented Doncaster North since 2005 and won the seat in 2024 with a majority of more than 9,100.
• Recent reporting says polling shows Reform UK as the more immediate threat to Labour in the constituency, and Clarkson has lately criticised Reform leader Nigel Farage’s economic claims.