Matthew Parris our top columnist, say readers and journalists

Press Gazette has come up with an interesting project and a unique piece of research on comment journalists that anoints Matthew Parris of the Times and the Spectator as our top columnist.
The survey, involving 32 comment journalists and 1,000 readers, put the Guardian and London Evening Standard's Simon Jenkins at number two. He was the top rated columnist by journalists.
Third was Jeremy Clarkson, who writes for the Sun and the Sunday Times. He received no votes from journalists, but was the top choice of readers.
The Times had the most columnists in the top 50, while BBC TV news was the public's best place for comment and analysis (?!) It is also worth noting just how poorly bloggers fared, even though respondents were invited to name them. The top ten is on the Press Gazette website, and a detailed analysis of the results and full list of 50 columnists in the new edition of Press Gazette, which is being sent out this week.
Update: As a wise old hand has remarked to me, "You should know by now to be careful using the word unique". Editorial Intelligence conducted similar research on the commentariat last year, (Polly Toynbee came top), while Matthew Parris was annointed chairman's choice at its Comment Awards. Sun nothing new under etc etc