Original sentence: But the majority of the SDP's membership (along with those of the Liberals) voted in favour of the union.Most SDP members, including SDP MP and future Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, joined Maclennan in the merged party, but Owen created a continuing SDP, along with two other MPs, John Cartwright and Rosie Barnes.Steel and Maclennan headed the new "Social and Liberal Democrat Party" from 3 March 1988
Edited sentence: Accompanied by a TV news camera crew, they asked him why he had refused to accept the vote of the majority of SDP members.Both parties, however, had federal structures, which meant that individual branches of the SDP and  Liberals could continue to carry on as before.But the majority of the SDP's now demoralised membership (along with those of the Liberals) voted in favour of the union.Many SDP members, including SDP MP and future Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, joined Maclennan in the merged party, but Owen remained defiantly at the head of a continuing SDP, along with two other MPs, John Cartwright and Rosie Barnes.Steel and Maclennan headed the new "Social and Liberal Democrat Party" (SLD, often referred to as the "SaLaDs") from 3 March 1988.The Greenwich branch of the SDP was one that chose to do so.The low mark of this was a staged confrontation by Kennedy and Maclennan who turned up on the doorstep of Owen's home when he was hosting a birthday party for his young daughter.There was much rancour from the merged SLD at the continuing SDP