Complex sentence: Benn was an unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 United Kingdom general election and has been selected as a candidate for the next United Kingdom general election at the 2014 local elections Benn was elected to the West Thornton ward of Croydon Borough Council.
Split into simpler sentences: Benn was an unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, and has been selected as a candidate for the next United Kingdom general election. At the 2014 local elections, Benn was elected to the West Thornton ward of Croydon Borough Council.