Original sentence: On May 25 2007, McDowell resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats and announced that he was quitting politics, immediately and without consultation with his party colleagues, after losing his seat in the Dublin South-East constituency in the general election, while the party fell from eight seats to two
Edited sentence: On May 25 2007, McDowell resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats and announced that he was quitting politics immediately, without consultation with his party colleagues and without waiting for the official result of the count in which he lost his seat in the Dublin South-East constituency.The Progressive Democrats lost six seats in the 2007 general election leaving them with two