In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Elizabeth Louise Kendall ( born 11 June 1971 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Leicester West since 2010 .
Elizabeth Louise Kendall ( born 1971 ) has been the MP for Leicester West since 2010 .

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland , New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , South Australia , and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia , establishing a system of federalism in Australia .
The federation of Australia was the way that the six separate British colonies of New South Wales , Queensland , South Australia , Tasmania , Victoria and Western Australia joined together to become one country .

When a marriage is performed and carried out by a government institution in accordance with the marriage laws of the jurisdiction , without religious content , it is a civil marriage .

A civil marriage is secular and is performed by a government official .