Original sentence: The NF had hopes that Tom Holmes could also win the Nelson ward council seat on Great Yarmouth Borough Council; he polled 22.9% of the votes cast
Edited sentence: He did, however, poll 22.9% of the votes cast.The NF had hopes that Tom Holmes could also win the Nelson ward council seat on Great Yarmouth Borough Council on the back of local resentment towards Kosovan refugees, despite his contentious 2006 conviction for racially abusing a Greek woman, Helen Kikis