This week more than 1.2 million people are voting for the first time – a cohort made up of young people and new citizens. But a Plan International report has found three quarters of young women voting for the first time don’t feel politics is an equal space for women and people of colour. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to two women voting for the first time about the significance of casting their vote, and reporter Matilda Boseley breaks down what first-time voters need to know