Complex sentence: He never actually returned to sit in the legislature, however, as it was not convened before the writs were dropped for the 1985 general election, in which Davison lost to Oddie by 384 votes.
Split into simpler sentences: He never actually returned to sit in the legislature, however, as it was not convened before the writs were dropped for the 1985 election. In the general election, Davison lost to Oddie by 384 votes.