Complex sentence: This was a frustrating situation for Labor ministers, and several urged Prendergast to call another election in the hope of improving their position, but Prendergast was too timid to run this risk.
Split into simpler sentences: This was a frustrating situation for Labor ministers, and several urged Prendergast to call another election in the hope of improving their position. But Prendergast was too timid to run this risk.