Complex sentence: John Thompson (commonly called Jack Thompson, 27 August 1928--21 July 2011) DL was a British Labour Party politician-the Member of Parliament for Wansbeck from 1983 to 1997.
Split into simpler sentences: John Thompson (commonly called Jack Thompson, 27 August 1928--21 July 2011) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wansbeck from 1983 to 1997.