Complex sentence: Cox initially sat as a Conservative and served briefly as a Baroness-in-Waiting, in 1985, but disliked the job and instead became a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1986 to 2006.
Split into simpler sentences: Cox initially sat as a Conservative and served briefly as a Baroness-in-Waiting. In 1985 she became a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1986 to 2006.