Complex sentence: He was first elected to Parliament in 1982 for Birmingham Northfield, but lost at the 1983 General Election, he stood again in the 1987 General Election but was again unsuccessful.
Split into simpler sentences: He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1982 representing the Birmingham Northfield constituency, but lost at the 1983 General Election. At the 1987 General Election he stood again, but was again unsuccessful.