Ed Balls
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Edward Michael 'Ed' Balls (born 25 February 1967 in Norwich, Norfolk, England) is a British politician and the shadow Home Secretary in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet. He is the Labour Party and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Morley and Outwood in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
He was first elected in the 2005 general election and held the post of Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from June 2007 to May 2010. He was a candidate to become leader of the Labour Party in September 2010 and lost to Ed Miliband.