Nick Clegg looks set to lose seat at election

Nick Clegg said he was confident of remaining an MP despite a poll putting Labour ahead by two points in his constituency.

The Liberal Democrat leader said, defiantly: “I’m going to win.”

The deputy prime minister, who is defending a healthy 15,284 majority in Sheffield Hallam, trails by 27% to 29%, according to the latest research by Lord Ashcroft. It is the latest in a series of polls to suggest Mr Clegg faces a struggle to win back voters critical of his decision to lead the party into coalition with the Conservatives and abandon a promise not to raise student tuition fees.