Complex sentence: In 2014, Rev. Dr Alan Billings was selected as the Labour candidate for the South Yorkshire Police and crime commissioner by-election, to replace the former PCC and Rotherham councillor Shaun Wright and was elected with just over 50% of first preference votes.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2014, Rev. Dr Alan Billings was selected as the Labour candidate for the South Yorkshire Police and crime commissioner by-election, to replace the former PCC and Rotherham councillor Shaun Wright. He was elected to the position with just over 50% of first preference votes.