Complex sentence: Following Colquhoun's defeat as an MP, she worked as an assistant to other Labour MPs in the House of Commons, and was elected to Hackney London Borough Council, serving as a member of the council from 1982 to 1990.
Split into simpler sentences: Following Colquhoun's defeat as an MP, she worked as an assistant to other Labour MPs in the House of Commons. She was elected to Hackney London Borough Council, serving as a member of the council from 1982 to 1990.