Editing Gerry Adams (section)

===Election to Dáil Éireann===
Adams was re-elected as MP for West Belfast with 71.1% of the vote in May 2010,<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 May 2010 |title=Election 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/704.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505132756/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/704.stm |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=7 May 2010 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> but resigned his seat the following December,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Northern Ireland Assembly Information Office |title=NI Assembly membership, note 17 |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/membership07.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117060753/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/membership07.htm |archive-date=17 November 2007 |access-date=1 January 2011 |publisher=Niassembly.gov.uk}}</ref> in order to seek election as a [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (member of Irish Parliament) for the constituency of [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]] at the [[2011 Irish general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 2010 |title=Adams to contest Co Louth seat for SF in next election |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1114/breaking2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122014644/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1114/breaking2.html |archive-date=22 November 2010 |access-date=14 November 2010 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2011 |title=Gerry Adams quits Westminster seat |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/gerry-adams-quits-westminster-seat-15059866.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729210027/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/gerry-adams-quits-westminster-seat-15059866.html |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2011 |website=The Belfast Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 January 2011 |title=Gerry Adams resigns as West Belfast MP |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12246725 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123020018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12246725 |archive-date=23 January 2011 |access-date=24 January 2011 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> He topped the poll in the consistuency with 15,072 (21.7%) first preference votes,<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 2011 |title=Louth&nbsp;– RTÉ News |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228221707/http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html |archive-date=28 February 2011 |access-date=6 March 2011 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> and was duly elected to Dáil Éireann where he succeeded [[Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin]] as Sinn Féin parliamentary leader.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gerry Adams |url=http://bigthink.com/experts/gerryadams |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010608/http://bigthink.com/experts/gerryadams |archive-date=7 November 2017 |access-date=6 November 2017 |website=Big Think}}</ref>

In December 2013, Adams was a member of the [[Guard of Honour]] at [[Nelson Mandela]]'s funeral.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2013 |title=Gerry Adams picked for guard of honour for Mandela |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/gerry-adams-guard-of-honour-nelson-mandela-1222286-Dec2013/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |website=The Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2013 |title=Madiba's legacy of hope – Gerry Adams on being at the funeral of Nelson Mandela |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/23628/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |website=An Phoblacht}}</ref>