Original sentence: Page had replaced sitting MP, Labour's Jane Griffiths, who had been de-selected by her party.The manner in which Griffiths had been treated by the Reading Labour party, and the selection of a Labour candidate with a criminal record, in combination with national issues, worked to Wilson's advantage
Edited sentence: Page had replaced sitting MP, Labour's Jane Griffiths, who had been de-selected by her party after in-fighting with Reading West MP Martin Salter.The manner in which Griffiths had been treated by the Reading Labour party (although prudent in retrospect, as she was declared bankrupt shortly after the election), and the selection of a Labour candidate with a criminal record, in combination with national issues, worked to Wilson's advantage