Complex sentence: St John-Stevas stood down from the House of Commons at the 1987 general election, becoming a life peer in the House of Lords with the title Baron St John of Fawsley of Preston Capes in the County of Northamptonshire.
Split into simpler sentences: St John-Stevas stood down from the House of Commons at the 1987 general election. He was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron St John of Fawsley of Preston Capes in the County of Northamptonshire.