Original: Charles Stewart Parnell was first elected to the House of Commons ( the lower level of British legislature ) , as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament ( MP ) for County Meath on 21 April 1875 in a by-election backed by Fenian Patrick Egan .
Simplified: Charles Stewart Parnell was first elected to the House of Commons , as a Home Rule League MP for Meath , on 21 April 1875 .