Original sentence: A total of 120 candidates contested the English local elections on May 2nd under the TUSC umbrella, 5% of the seats.It was mainly county councils up for election this year, largely Conservative controlled.The TUSC candidate for the mayor of Doncaster, Mary Jackson, polled 1,916 votes, achieving sixth place, ahead of the Liberal Democrats
Edited sentence: A TOTAL of 120 candidates contested the English local elections on May 2nd under the TUSC umbrella, 5% of the seats.It was mainly county councils up for election this year, overwhelmingly Conservative controlled.She was in sixth place, ahead of the Liberal Democrats and not far short of the other ‘party of government’, the Tories, who polled 2,811 votes.The TUSC candidate for the mayor of Doncaster, Mary Jackson, polled 1,916 votes in Ed Miliband’s ‘backyard’ (he is the MP for Doncaster North)