Original sentence: A butcher and businessman from Ballymote, he was elected in the 2007 general election.Eamon Scanlon has been a TD since 1981 and was elected to Sligo County Council in 1991, representing the Ballymote Electoral Area and headed the poll in 1999.Eamon Scanlon has served the Fianna Fáil Party at all levels since 1984.Eamon Scanlon is a butcher by trade and business owner since 1975.Eamon Scanlon is a member of the North Western Health Board, Sligo County Council, County Sligo VEC, the Governing Body of Letterkenny Institute of Technology, the Sligo/Omagh Cross Border Partnership, the Local St Vincent De Paul, the Ballymote GAA and the Ballymote Community Enterprise Board.Eamon Scanlon is a native of Ballymote, Co.Eamon Scanlon's electoral history (ElectionsIreland
Edited sentence: A butcher and businessman from Ballymote, he was elected at the 2007 general election.He is a member of the North Western Health Board, Sligo County Council, County Sligo VEC, the Governing Body of Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Ballymote Community Enterprise Board.On 5 August 2009, he (along with fellow Fianna Fáil TD Jimmy Devins) announced he was resigning the party whip over his opposition to cuts in breast cancer services at Sligo General Hospital.Scanlon has served the Fianna Fáil party at all levels since 1984.Scanlon is a butcher by trade and business owner since 1975.Scanlon is a native of Ballymote, County Sligo