Complex sentence: An Act of Parliament in 1809 made the purchase of votes illegal and was one of a series of Parliamentary Acts which dealt with minor abuses of the electoral process during the first part of the 19th century.
Split into simpler sentences: An Act of Parliament in 1809 made the purchase of votes illegal. This was one of a series of Parliamentary Acts which dealt with minor abuses of the electoral process during the first part of the 19th century.