Original sentence: , when Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy 1987-90, and as Minister of State, Department of the Environment in 1990.He was elected in the 1983 Conservative landslide victory, but lost his seat nine years later, at the 1992 General Election.He was out of Parliament for five years, but was re-elected at the 1997 General Election as MP for Aldershot.Howarth had previously been MP for Cannock and Burntwood.Howarth was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Spicer, M.In March 1968 Howarth took part in a Vietnam War protest at Grosvenor square, waving a banner backing the Americans, though he ensured he stood behind hoards of policeman when doing so
Edited sentence: He was out of Parliament for five years, but was re-elected at the 1997 general election as MP for Aldershot.Howarth was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Spicer when Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy 1987-90, and as Minister of State, Department of the Environment in 1990.Howarth was first elected for the Cannock and Burntwood constituency in the Conservative landslide victory at the 1983 general election, but lost his seat nine years later, at the 1992 general election.In March 1968 Howarth took part in a Vietnam War protest at Grosvenor Square, waving a banner backing the Americans, though he ensured he stood behind hoards of policeman when doing so