Complex sentence: He retained this seat in 1994,1999 and 2004 although never reaching a quota of 1st preference votes, on each occasion being re-elected with the help of transfers from other candidates, under Northern Ireland's EU election system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote.
Split into simpler sentences: He retained this seat in 1994,1999 and 2004 although never reaching a quota of first preference votes. On each occasion, he was re-elected with the help of transfers from other candidates, under Northern Ireland's EU election system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote.