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British general election 1997

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Polling day in Northern Ireland opened with a series of bomb alerts in Belfast which were attributed to loyalists. The Labour Party were elected to power in the British General Election with Tony Blair as Prime Minister. Marjorie (Mo) Molam, was appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Féin, was elected for West Belfast and Martin McGuinness, the Vice-President of Sinn Féin, was elected to Mid-Ulster.

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https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch97.htm
Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)