Complex sentence: Shortly after the general election, Abrahams was selected to fight the Lib Dem held Golcar ward of Kirklees council at the 2011 local elections, she stood down from this in the run-in to the Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election however.
Split into simpler sentences: Shortly after the general election, Abrahams was selected to fight the Lib Dem held Golcar ward of Kirklees council at the 2011 local elections. She stood down from this in the run-in to the Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election however.