Labour Party wins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 General Election</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> is elected as Prime Minister<sup about="#mwt117" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-21" id="mwAXE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXI">[21]</span></a></sup>
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