TV stars who turned to politics from Corrie fave to Katie Price and Spencer Pratt

Having done a turn on the box or the big screen goes your political prospects no harm at all – but as we can see here, not everyone makes it into the House of Commons.

There was a time only a select few were capable of making the switch from showbiz to politics, with titans of industry grabbing all the political power while TV and movie stars stayed in their lanes. America led the way with the likes of actors Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger being elected to high office.

Now, having done a turn on the box or the big screen goes your political prospects no harm at all. Tory MP Esther McVey started out on GMTV alongside Eamonn Holmes, Robert Kilroy-Silk went from politics to TV and then back to politics and of course US President Donald Trump (who?) rose to stardom on The Apprentice’s US edition while his opposite number in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was a TV comedy star who won the country’s version of Strictly Come Dancing.