Ed Miliband has said he will take on former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson if he decides to stand against him in his Doncaster constituency.

The TV presenter-turned-farmer has suggested he could be a candidate for the seat in a recent social media post.

Mr Clarkson, who is originally from Doncaster, asked his followers on X/Twitter on 12 October: “People of Doncaster North.

“Are you happy with your MP?

“Would you like it if someone from your neck of the woods kicked him out?”

The Clarkson’s Farm star has clashed with the Energy Secretary several times over his opposition to the government’s net-zero policies, raising the harmful impacts they have on the UK farming industry.

Mr Miliband responded to the comments on Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on 19 October, saying: “I think he is a sort of long-standing aspirant to my seat.

“I think he said in 2013 that he was going to contest my seat.

“So, look, it’s for other people to decide if they want to stand for Parliament, including in my seat.

“I welcome all comers. Let’s see what happens.”

The former Labour leader was first elected as MP for Doncaster North in 2005.

He won a majority of 9,126 in 2024, but recent polling figures suggest he could lose his seat to Reform UK if a general election was held today.

This isn’t the first time Mr Clarkson has teased a foray into politics, though it’s not clear which party he would run for if he planned to contest the seat.

He hinted at standing as an independent candidate in the 2015 general election.

In 2013 he tweeted: “I’m thinking I might stand in the next election as an independent for Doncaster North, which is where I’m from. Thoughts?”

Clarkson is known being very outspoken about his views on a range of issues.

Earlier this year, he claimed he could ‘weep’ over the negative impacts of Brexit, particularly relating to the red tape involved in agricultural trade with Europe.

And Mr Miliband isn’t the only politician who has drawn his ire in recent months.

He has also taken aim at Reform leader Nigel Farage.

In his weekly column for The Sun newspaper earlier this month, Mr Clarkson suggested that Mr Farage’s “numbers don’t add up” when he talks about his party’s proposed economic policy.

He added: “But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

Mr Clarkson has previously branded Sir Keir Starmer as ‘thick’ and banned him the pub at his Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire for ‘not doing enough for farmers’.