Complex sentence: In return, Playford pressured the LCL into not standing a candidate against Stott for successive elections and when the local LCL branch finally refused Playford's request, he apologised profusely to Stott and did little to support the candidate of his own party.
Split into simpler sentences: In return, Playford pressured the LCL into not standing a candidate against Stott for successive elections. When the local LCL branch finally refused Playford's request, he apologised profusely to Stott and did little to support the candidate of his own party.