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In 2008, an [[internet petition]] was posted on the Prime Minister's [[10 Downing Street|Number 10]] website to "Make Jeremy Clarkson [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]". By the time it closed, it had attracted 49,446 signatures. An opposing petition posted on the same site set to "Never, Ever Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister" attracted 87 signatures. Clarkson later commented he would be a rubbish Prime Minister as he is always contradicting himself in his columns.<ref name=BBC27May2008/> In the official response to the petition, Number 10 agreed with Clarkson's comments.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2008 |title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT&#93; PMClarkson – epetition response |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323161132/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590 |archive-date=23 March 2010 |access-date=25 August 2010 |publisher=Number10.gov.uk}}</ref>

In response to the reactions he gets, Clarkson has stated "I enjoy this back and forth, it makes the world go round but it is just opinion."<ref name=BBC27May2008/> On the opinion that his views are influential enough to topple car companies, he has argued that he has proof that he has had no influence. "When I said that the [[Ford Orion]] was the worst car ever it went on to become a best-selling car."<ref name=BBC27May2008/> Clarkson was ranked 49th on ''[[Motor Trend]]'' Magazine's Power List for 2011, its list of the fifty most influential figures in the automotive industry.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 December 2010 |title=BBC Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson – 2011 Power List |url=http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1102_the_2011_power_list/jeremy_clarkson.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017194658/http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1102_the_2011_power_list/jeremy_clarkson.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=30 August 2011 |publisher=Motor Trend}}</ref> In 2023 and 2024, he was voted "sexiest man" in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Clarkson has been voted the 'UK's sexiest man' |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/celebrity/jeremy-clarkson-uk-sexiest-man/}}</ref>

Clarkson was ranked 49th on ''[[Motor Trend]]'' Magazine's Power List for 2011, its list of the fifty most influential figures in the automotive industry.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 December 2010 |title=BBC Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson – 2011 Power List |url=http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1102_the_2011_power_list/jeremy_clarkson.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017194658/http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1102_the_2011_power_list/jeremy_clarkson.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=30 August 2011 |publisher=Motor Trend}}</ref>

In 2023 and 2024, he was voted "sexiest man" in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Clarkson has been voted the 'UK's sexiest man' |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/celebrity/jeremy-clarkson-uk-sexiest-man/}}</ref>

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