Complex sentence: He contested the Belfast South constituency in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but was unsuccessful, finishing 9th out of 18 candidates with 1,122 votes, 3.7% of the total first preference votes cast.
Split into simpler sentences: He contested the Belfast South constituency in Northern Ireland Assembly election 2007 but was unsuccessful. He finished 9th out of 18 candidates with 1,122 votes, 3.7% of the total 1st preference votes cast.