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Ed Balls

1967 - Today

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Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British broadcaster, economist and former politician. He served as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007 to 2010, and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 to 2015. A member of Labour Co-op, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and later for Morley and Outwood between 2005 and 2015. Balls attended Nottingham High School before he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Keble College, Oxford, and was later a Kennedy Scholar in economics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Balls is the 19,665th most popular politician (down from 19,204th in 2024), the 8,020th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,716th in 2019) and the 753rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ed Balls ranks 19,665 out of 19,576. Before him are Mo Cowan, Andreea Chițu, Sergey Fedorchuk, Teresa Rodríguez, Guido Bellido, and Sēmisi Sika. After him are Kelly Armstrong, Angelina Golikova, Ivan Bukin, Ken Buck, Ann Simons, and Boris Georgiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ed Balls ranks 1,120. Before him are Alok Sharma, Douglas Alexander, Vijayta Pandit, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Anuradha Roy, and Kenneth Gould. After him are Jason Morris, Mike Smith, Biyi Bandele, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Vicky Bullett, and Tony Leondis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ed Balls ranks 8,022 out of 8,785. Before him are Kevin Richardson (1962), Katie Greves (1982), Alan Carr (1976), Andre Marriner (1971), Gruff Rhys (1970), and Jax Jones (1987). After him are Tariq Lamptey (2000), Chris Eagles (1985), Vicky Holland (1986), Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), Laura Marling (1990), and Natalie Press (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ed Balls ranks 753. Before him are Theresa Villiers (1968), Maria Miller (1964), Tim Farron (1970), Leanne Wood (1971), Douglas Alexander (1967), and Anna Soubry (1956). After him are Oliver Dowden (1978), Andy Burnham (1970), Jo Johnson (1971), Brandon Lewis (1971), Tanni Grey-Thompson (1969), and Sarah Thomas (1981).

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