Complex sentence: The party stood in a number of by-elections, taking an increasingly anti-communist line, but were disbanded in 1922 in the face of a group of Conservatives moving to the right and sponsoring independent candidates.
Split into simpler sentences: The party stood in a number of by-elections, taking an increasingly anti-communist line. The League was disbanded in 1922 in the face of a group of Conservatives moving to the right and sponsoring independent candidates.