Original sentence: But after the election defeat in 1983 the NEC agreed to ban sales of Militant at party meetings.But by 1986 there was a decreasing tolerance of Militant in the ranks of the Labour Party and some fourty expulsions had taken place.However the appeal of each member was lost when the big unions cast their block votes, on a card vote of 5,160,000 to 1,616,000 in each case except for that of Ted Grant, who got 175,000 extra votes in his favour... "The votes, which had already been lined up by right-wing union general secretaries, were heavily in favour of the platform’s recommendation for expulsions" comments Taaffe.Militant was prohibited from using party facilities.Neil Kinnock was elected leader of the Labour Party.Two thirds of constituency delegates supported the tendency against expulsions
Edited sentence: "  However the appeal was lost when the big unions cast their block votes, on a card vote of 4,972,000 to 1,790,000."The votes, which had already been lined up by right-wing union general secretaries, were heavily in favour of the platform’s recommendation for expulsions" comments Taaffe.Peter Taaffe notes that "80 per cent of the delegates from the Constituency Labour Parties and a considerable number of rank-and-file trade union delegates voted against expulsion