Clegg’s potential defeat puts kibosh on another coalition

New polling puts Clegg’s political career at risk – and threatens chance of second coalition with Tories

Columnist Don Brind

Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg looks set to lose his seat in Sheffield Hallam according to new constituency polling by Lord Ashcroft – with potentially huge consequences for David Cameron.

Labour are laying siege to the South Yorkshire seat knowing that, without Clegg, surviving Lib Dem MPs would be unlikely to enter another pact with Cameron’s Conservatives – in the event that the Tories come out of the 7 May election as the largest party.

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.