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The first-time Labour voters with buyers’ remorse

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Nick Bowyer , 62 , from Hitchin, Hertfordshire , cast his first ever vote for Labour in July .

He had been a lifelong Conservative , but felt a change of leadership was needed.

Now he says he regrets his initial thoughts about the new government have not been very positive.

Labour faces a special challenge in keeping on side two very different sections of the electorate.

Those on the centre-right and right put them in power due to their bitter disillusionment with the Tories .

But those to the left of the party want to see the party take a more radical approach.

“What they’ve seen so far - cuts to winter fuel allowance and releasing prisoners early - has gone down badly and led some to already question their vote.” Starmer , then, has his work cut out in keeping his spectrum of 2024 supporters, famously broad but shallow, on polling day. If Hitchin is anything to go by, less than three months in, some already want out. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day 's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week..