Original sentence: Between 1988 and 1990, he served as leader of the Conservative group on the council.In September 1988 the Conservative Party gained control by using the Conservative mayor's casting vote to become the only inner-city council to be controlled by the Conservatives.This effectively gave the Conservatives a majority due to the Lord Mayor's casting vote.To do this, they also broke the tradition that the Lord Mayor kept the status quo.When Bradford Council was hung, Pickles opted to break the agreement that the position of Lord Mayor is rotated between the parties, when he put a Conservative mayor in place again
Edited sentence: Bradford then became the only inner-city council to be controlled by the Conservatives.He was also Chairman of the seriously left-wing Joint Committee Against Racism 1982-87 Between 1988 and 1990, he served as leader of the Conservative group on Bradford council.Notwithstanding that Murphy was a Party activist also and had been a Conservative candidate in the 1988 local elections, and held several constituency positions, Pickles successfully arranged for his expulsion from the Party.The Council was hung, but Pickles opted to break the agreement that the position of Lord Mayor be rotated between the parties, when he put a Conservative mayor in place again.This effectively, in September 1988, gave the Conservative Party a majority due to the Lord Mayor's casting vote.To do this, they had also broken the tradition that the Lord Mayor kept the status quo.he was also embroiled in other controversy at Bradford in January 1989 when he moved against the young Chairman of the Yorkshire Monday Club branch, Anthony Murphy, for distributing Club leaflets in the city centre opposing any further immigration into Bradford