article_snippet.sent: Nick Clegg is on course to lose Nick Clegg seat to Labour, a poll suggested yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: A survey of voters in the Lib Dem leader’s Sheffield Hallam constituency put Labour on 36 per cent of the vote compared with 34 per cent for the Liberal Democrats.
article_snippet.sent: Despite former Tory Mark Reckless, who defected to Ukip and won a by-election last year victory, the Conservatives are hopeful of recapturing his seat at the General Election.
article_snippet.sent: Reckless’s party Ukip, meanwhile, has said 16 and 17-year-olds should not be allowed to vote in a referendum on membership of the European Union.
article_snippet.sent: It is thought the Lib Dems would demand
article_snippet.sent: 16 and 17-year-olds are given a say in any the EU referendum as part of a post-election coalition deal.