Complex sentence: Mackinley stood as the Conservative candidate in Kent at the inaugural police and crime commissioner elections in 2012 and was selected in July 2014 as the Conservative candidate for South Thanet at the 2015 general election.
Split into simpler sentences: Mackinley stood as the Conservative candidate in Kent at the inaugural police and crime commissioner elections in 2012. In July 2014 he was selected as the Conservative candidate for South Thanet at the 2015 general election.