Angelina Jolie: the perfect pillion

Angelina Jolie has been voted the top pillion passenger in a survey of the UK’s motorcyclists for the second year running.

Tomb Raider star and BMW F650GS owner Jolie took 23% of the vote in the Bennetts survey, ahead of Sarah Harding (from pop group Girls Aloud) with 18% of the vote, and Carmen Electra and model Keeley Hazell tied for third with 17% of the vote.

Ewan McGregor and Brad Pitt each attracted 3% of the votes in the survey, and fictional character James Bond took 2%, ahead of Prime Minister Gordon Brown who was ideal passenger for just 1% of the sampled riders.