Original sentence: In 1978, standing under his real name (Kenneth George King) as a Royalist candidate he polled  5.3% (2,350 votes) in the Epsom and Ewell by-election of 27 April
Edited sentence: In 1978, standing under his real name (Kenneth George King) as a Royalist candidate he polled a respectable 5.3% (2,350 votes) in the Epsom and Ewell by-election of 27 April