Complex sentence: Although she never held office in government, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns in connection with housing, public health and other social issue inherited much of her campaigning spirit from her mother, Mary Bamber, an early socialist and trade union activist.
Split into simpler sentences: Although she never held office in government, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns in connection with housing, public health and other social issues. Braddock inherited much of her campaigning spirit from her mother, Mary Bamber, an early socialist and trade union activist.