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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 2006 – 28 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lewis" title="Ivan Lewis">Ivan Lewis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Ussher" title="Kitty Ussher">Kitty Ussher</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Morley_and_Outwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Morley and Outwood">Morley and Outwood</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Normanton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)">Normanton</a> (2005–2010)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(British_politician)" title="Bill O'Brien (British politician)">Bill O'Brien</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Jenkyns" title="Andrea Jenkyns">Andrea Jenkyns</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Cabinet">Shadow Cabinet</a> portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2010</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Education">Shadow Secretary of State for Education</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2010–2011</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2011–2015</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Edward Michael Balls</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-02-25</span>) </span>25 February 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-op" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-op">Labour Co-op</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Castleford" title="Castleford">Castleford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></li></ul></div> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Balls_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ed Balls's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Ed_Balls_signature.svg/120px-Ed_Balls_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Ed_Balls_signature.svg/179px-Ed_Balls_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Ed_Balls_signature.svg/239px-Ed_Balls_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="97" data-file-height="65" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edballs.co.uk/">www<wbr />.edballs<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="33" data-mwtitle="Ed_Balls_speaks_at_Academy_visit.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Ed_Balls_speaks_at_Academy_visit.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/Ed_Balls_speaks_at_Academy_visit.ogg/Ed_Balls_speaks_at_Academy_visit.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Balls speaks at the opening of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Brunel_Academy" title="Bristol Brunel Academy">Bristol Brunel Academy</a><br />Recorded 6 September 2007</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Michael Balls</b> (born 25 February 1967) is a British politician, broadcaster and economist. He served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families">Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</a> from 2007 to 2010, and as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> from 2011 to 2015. A member of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-op" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-op">Labour Co-op</a>, he was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Normanton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)">Normanton</a> and later for <a href="/wiki/Morley_and_Outwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Morley and Outwood">Morley and Outwood</a> between 2005 and 2015. </p><p>Balls attended <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_High_School" title="Nottingham High School">Nottingham High School</a> before he studied <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_politics_and_economics" title="Philosophy, politics and economics">philosophy, politics and economics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a>, and was later a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Scholar">Kennedy Scholar</a> in economics at the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">John F. Kennedy School of Government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>. He was a teaching fellow at Harvard from 1988 to 1990, when he joined the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> as the lead economic writer. Balls had joined the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> while attending Nottingham High School, and became an adviser to <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Chancellor">Shadow Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> in 1994, continuing in this role after Labour won the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, and eventually becoming the Chief Economic Adviser to the <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">Treasury</a>. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Balls was elected as the MP for Normanton (which in 2010 became Morley and Outwood), and in 2006 became <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a>. When Brown became Prime Minister in 2007, Balls became <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families">Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</a>, serving until the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>; Labour were defeated after 13 years in government. Balls was appointed <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Education">Shadow Secretary of State for Education</a> under <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> (as temporary leader) and finished in third place at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2010 Labour leadership election</a>, triggered by Brown's resignation as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Leader of the Labour Party</a>, after which he was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a>. He served in this role until 2011, when he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, a role that he held until he was unseated at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>. </p><p>Following his electoral defeat, he became a senior fellow at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Kennedy School</a>'s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and a visiting professor to the Policy Institute at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a>. He was appointed chairman of <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City F.C.</a> in December 2015, a position he held until December 2018. In 2020, he was appointed Professor of Political Economy at King's College London.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was a contestant on <a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing_series_14" title="Strictly Come Dancing series 14">series 14</a> of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i>, surviving until week 10, and in 2021 was the winner in the BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Home_Cook" title="Best Home Cook">Celebrity Best Home Cook</a></i>. He is currently a presenter for the ITV breakfast show <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)" title="Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)">Good Morning Britain</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balls' father is zoologist <a href="/wiki/Michael_Balls" title="Michael Balls">Michael Balls</a>; his mother is Carolyn Janet Riseborough.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His younger brother is <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Balls" title="Andrew Balls">Andrew Balls</a>, the CIO for Global Fixed Income at the investment firm <a href="/wiki/PIMCO" title="PIMCO">PIMCO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandfather was a lorry driver and died of cancer when Balls was young.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, in Norfolk, was active in the local Labour party, delivering leaflets, and was chairman of the Campaign for the Advancement of Norfolk Education – CANE. </p><p>Balls was born in <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>. When he was eight years old the family moved to <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he attended Crossdale Drive Primary School in <a href="/wiki/Keyworth" title="Keyworth">Keyworth</a> and the private all-boys <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_High_School" title="Nottingham High School">Nottingham High School</a>, where he played the violin.<sup id="cite_ref-Matt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was in the school choir, and played violin in the orchestra, where the head of music was Kendrick Partington,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the organist of <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Nottingham" title="St Peter's Church, Nottingham">St Peter's Church, Nottingham</a>. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Philip">Prince Philip</a> visited the school on Friday 2 March 1984, to open a new science block, as a <a href="/wiki/Venturer_Scout" title="Venturer Scout">Venture scout</a> in the sixth form, he met the Prince wearing outdoor walking clothing. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a>, as head boy, met the Prince too, as one of three brothers who had gained the <a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Award" title="The Duke of Edinburgh's Award">D of E gold award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a house captain, and gained A-levels in English, History, and Economics in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raised as an <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he read <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_Politics_and_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophy, Politics and Economics">Philosophy, Politics and Economics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a>, graduating with a First – according to <a href="/wiki/John_Rentoul" title="John Rentoul">John Rentoul</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> – ahead of <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-feud_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feud-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later he attended the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">John F. Kennedy School of Government</a> at <a href="/wiki/Harvard" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard">Harvard</a>, where he was a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Scholar">Kennedy Scholar</a> specialising in Economics.<sup id="cite_ref-feud_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feud-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls joined the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in 1983 while still at school.<sup id="cite_ref-Matt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> he was a partially active member of the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Labour_Club" title="Oxford University Labour Club">Labour Club</a>, but also signed up to the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Liberal_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University Liberal Democrats">Liberal Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-Indie_profile_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indie_profile-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Conservative_Association" title="Oxford University Conservative Association">Conservative Association</a>, "because they used to book top-flight political speakers, and only members were allowed to attend their lectures" according to friends.<sup id="cite_ref-ind-ouca_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind-ouca-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was a founding member of The Steamers, an all-male drinking club, and suffered embarrassment when a contemporary photo of him wearing <a href="/wiki/Nazi_uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi uniform">Nazi uniform</a> appeared in the papers.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Balls,_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg/170px-Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg/255px-Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg/340px-Edward_Balls%2C_Chief_Economic_Adviser_to_the_Treasury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="626" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait, 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1988 and 1990, Balls was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> in 1990 as a lead economic writer until his appointment as an economic adviser to Shadow Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> in 1994. When Labour regained power at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, Brown became <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a> and Balls continued to work as his economic adviser, eventually becoming Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2004, Balls was selected to stand as <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour and Co-operative</a> <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">candidate</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">parliamentary seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Normanton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)">Normanton</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, a Labour stronghold whose <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(British_politician)" title="Bill O'Brien (British politician)">Bill O'Brien</a>, was retiring. He stepped down as Chief Economic Adviser to HM Treasury, but was given a position at the <a href="/wiki/Smith_Institute" title="Smith Institute">Smith Institute</a>, a political <a href="/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank">think tank</a>. HM Treasury and the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> subsequently stated that "the normal and proper procedures were followed".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, he was elected MP for <a href="/wiki/Normanton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)">Normanton</a> with a majority of 10,002 and 51.2% of the vote. After the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> proposed changes which would abolish his <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituency</a>, Balls ran a campaign, in connection with the local newspaper the <i><a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Express" title="Wakefield Express">Wakefield Express</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wake_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wake-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to save the seat and, together with the three other <a href="/wiki/Wakefield" title="Wakefield">Wakefield</a> MPs (his wife <a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Creagh" title="Mary Creagh">Mary Creagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Trickett" title="Jon Trickett">Jon Trickett</a>), fought an unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> <a href="/wiki/Legal_action" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal action">legal action</a> against the Boundary Commission's proposals.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20061013_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20061013-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, he was selected to be the Labour Party <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">candidate</a> for the new <a href="/wiki/Morley_and_Outwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Morley and Outwood">Morley and Outwood</a> constituency; unlike the previous safe Labour seat of Normanton, it was a <a href="/wiki/Marginal_seat" title="Marginal seat">marginal</a>, which contained parts of the abolished Normanton and <a href="/wiki/Morley_and_Rothwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Morley and Rothwell">Morley and Rothwell</a> constituencies,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was elected for the new seat in <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">May 2010</a>. On 5 February 2013, Balls voted in favour in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on marriage equality in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Friends_of_Israel" title="Labour Friends of Israel">Labour Friends of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allegations_over_allowances">Allegations over allowances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Allegations over allowances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal</a></div> <p>In September 2007, with his wife <a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a>, he was accused by <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Norman_Baker" title="Norman Baker">Norman Baker</a> of "breaking the spirit of Commons rules" by using MPs' allowances to help pay for a £655,000 home in north London.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls and Cooper bought a four-bedroom house in <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington" title="Stoke Newington">Stoke Newington</a>, and registered this as their second home (rather than their home in <a href="/wiki/Castleford" title="Castleford">Castleford</a>, West Yorkshire) to qualify for up to £44,000 a year to subsidise a reported £438,000 mortgage under the Commons Additional Costs Allowance, of which they claimed £24,400. Both worked in London full-time and their children attended local London schools. Balls and Cooper claimed that "The whole family travel between their Yorkshire home and London each week when Parliament is sitting. As they are all in London during the week, their children have always attended the nearest school to their London house."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls and Cooper "<a href="/wiki/Flipping#Second_home_flipping" title="Flipping">flipped</a>" the designation of their second home three times within the space of two years.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosa_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosa-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2008, they were referred to the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards">Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards</a> over allegations that they were claiming expenses for what was effectively their main home in London. Their combined claim was £24,000 i.e. "slightly more" than the single MP allowance.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosa_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosa-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commissioner exonerated them, adding that their motives were not for profit as they paid full capital gains tax.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosa_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosa-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet">Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balls became <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a>, a junior ministerial position at <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_reshuffle" title="Cabinet reshuffle">Cabinet reshuffle</a> of May 2006. While Economic Secretary, he was commissioned, alongside <a href="/wiki/Jon_Cunliffe" title="Jon Cunliffe">Jon Cunliffe</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/G7" title="G7">G7</a> finance ministers to prepare a report on economic aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> became <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> on 27 June 2007, Balls was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families">Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Department for Children, Schools and Families">Department for Children, Schools and Families</a>, Balls brought together schools and children's policy for the first time in the Children's Plan and raised the UK education and training leaving age to 18.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007 Balls was considered to be given the post of Chancellor, but the role was given to <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Darling" title="Alistair Darling">Alistair Darling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, Balls announced that the government had decided to scrap <a href="/wiki/National_Curriculum_assessment" title="National Curriculum assessment">SAT tests</a> for 14-year-olds,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a move which was broadly welcomed by teachers, parent groups and <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">opposition</a> MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision to continue with SAT tests for 11-year-olds was described by head teachers' leader Mick Brookes as a missed opportunity.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2008, following the case of the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Baby_P" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Baby P">Death of Baby P</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCtimeline_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCtimeline-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls intervened directly in the running of Haringey Social Services, ordering the immediate dismissal, without compensation, of Sharon Shoesmith the director of children's services.<sup id="cite_ref-DTsharon_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DTsharon-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> had also called for her dismissal.<sup id="cite_ref-DTsharon_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DTsharon-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to her dismissal, Shoesmith had been widely praised in her former role as Director of Education, though she was handicapped by having no social work background.<sup id="cite_ref-beeb-sharon_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beeb-sharon-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An emergency OFSTED report ordered by Balls in November 2008 following the child abuse trial found that safeguarding arrangements were inadequate although Shoesmith's lawyers alleged that the final report had been altered.<sup id="cite_ref-angela_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angela-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shoesmith subsequently brought a <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">Judicial review</a> against Balls, Ofsted and Haringey Council<sup id="cite_ref-angela_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angela-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a series of appeals followed.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCtimeline_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCtimeline-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Conservative Opposition supported Balls' right to dismiss her "because ministers want to uphold the principle that they – and not the courts, through judicial review – should be responsible for their decisions".<sup id="cite_ref-Butler_and_Watt_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler_and_Watt-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received compensation as her sacking was deemed "procedurally unfair"<sup id="cite_ref-Beebappeal_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beebappeal-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Department for Children, Schools and Families was subsequently refused leave to appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCtimeline_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCtimeline-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, it was reported that Shoesmith had agreed to an out-of-court settlement with Haringey Council; unconfirmed reports referred to a sum of 'up to £600,000'. Appeal Court judge <a href="/wiki/Lord_Neuberger" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Neuberger">Lord Neuberger</a> had described Balls' dismissal of Shoesmith as 'unlawful', but in a statement issued on 29 October, Balls asserted that 'faced with the same situation [he] would do the same thing again.'<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls sponsored the Children, Schools and Families Bill, which had its <a href="/wiki/First_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="First reading">first reading</a> on 19 November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of the proposed legislation was to see regulation of parents who home educate their children in England, introduced in response to the <a href="/wiki/Badman_Review" title="Badman Review">Badman Review</a>, with annual inspections to determine quality of education and welfare of the child. Home educators across the UK petitioned their MPs to remove the proposed legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several parts of the bill, including the proposed register for home educators, and compulsory sex education lessons, were abandoned as they had failed to gain cross party support prior to the pending May 2010 election.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Labour_leadership_election">2010 Labour leadership election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 Labour leadership election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)</a></div> <p>Following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> as both <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Leader of the Labour Party</a>, Balls announced on 19 May 2010 that he was standing in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">election to replace Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was the third candidate to secure the minimum of 33 nominations from members of the Parliamentary Labour Party in order to enter the leadership race. The other contenders were former <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Health Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a>, backbencher <a href="/wiki/Diane_Abbott" title="Diane Abbott">Diane Abbott</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change">Energy Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was elected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Cabinet">Shadow Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Shadow Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png/220px-Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png/330px-Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png/440px-Ed_Miliband_PMQs.png 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> at <a href="/wiki/PMQs" class="mw-redirect" title="PMQs">PMQs</a>, flanked by Balls (left) and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> (right)</figcaption></figure> <p>The new leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> appointed Balls <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a> on 8 October 2010, a job he held until 20 January 2011, when the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a> for "personal reasons" led Miliband to announce Balls as Labour's <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Shadow Chancellor, Balls regularly appeared with Miliband at joint press conferences relating to Labour policy. Together with Miliband, Balls promoted a "five-point plan for jobs and growth" as Shadow Chancellor. The plan was described as aimed at helping the UK economy, and would have involved reinstating the bonus tax to fund building more social homes, bringing forward long-term investment, cutting <a href="/wiki/VAT" class="mw-redirect" title="VAT">VAT</a> to 17.5%, cutting VAT on home improvements to 5% for one year, and instigating a one-year <a href="/wiki/National_Insurance" title="National Insurance">National Insurance</a> break.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls declared in January 2012 that he would continue with the public sector pay freeze which led to opposition from <a href="/wiki/Len_McCluskey" title="Len McCluskey">Len McCluskey</a>. He had a bruising exchange in the House of Commons with <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> regarding the Libor rate scandal, where Osborne accused Balls of being involved in the scandal. Conservative MPs became unhappy after Bank of England deputy governor, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tucker_(banker)" title="Paul Tucker (banker)">Paul Tucker</a> denied encouragement to pressurise Barclays with <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a> saying Osborne had made a mistake and should apologise.<sup id="cite_ref-nic&helene_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nic&helene-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_general_election">2015 general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2015 general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a> Balls lost his seat to the Conservative Party's <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Jenkyns" title="Andrea Jenkyns">Andrea Jenkyns</a> by a margin of 0.9%. It was claimed that the Labour leader's office had known for two weeks that Balls was likely to lose.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Elliott" title="Larry Elliott">Larry Elliott</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> described this as the <a href="/wiki/Portillo_moment" title="Portillo moment">Portillo moment</a> of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 May, it was reported that, on leaving the Commons, Balls would receive up to £88,000 in expenses for relocation and to close down his parliamentary office.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ed_Balls_Day">Ed Balls Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ed Balls Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:220px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <table role="presentation" style="line-height: normal; width: 100%; background: transparent; color: inherit; display: table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Ed Balls</b> <div style="color: var(--color-subtle, #54595d); white-space: nowrap;">@edballs</div></td> <td style="text-align: right; color: var(--color-subtle, #54595d); vertical-align: top;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter"><img alt="Twitter logo, a stylized blue bird" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/18px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/27px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/36px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="421" /></a></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left"> <p>Ed Balls </p> </div> <div style="color: var(--color-subtle, #54595d);">28 April 2011<sup id="cite_ref-Tweetedballs_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tweetedballs-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div> </blockquote> </div> <p>On 28 April 2011, Balls, urged by an assistant to search <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> for a recent article about himself, accidentally entered his intended search term in the wrong box and sent a tweet reading only "Ed Balls".<sup id="cite_ref-ebtweet_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebtweet-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tweet was retweeted by thousands; Balls was unaware that it was possible to delete tweets. The tweet has never been deleted. The incident is now celebrated as "Ed Balls Day" every 28 April, with followers retweeting his original message and commemorating the occasion in other ways.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When invited to send something to be auctioned to raise funds for the party in 2015, Balls submitted a framed, signed printout of the tweet.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To celebrate "Ed Balls Day" in 2016, Balls baked a cake featuring the tweet.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Six years on from the original tweet, Ed Balls Day 2017 drew tweets from organisations including <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic" title="Virgin Atlantic">Virgin Atlantic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Trust" title="National Trust">National Trust</a> – the latter in response to a tweet <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parodying</a> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s criticism of the National Trust for omitting the word "Easter" from promotional material for Easter egg hunts.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ten years after the incident, Ed Balls Day was still being celebrated,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with many offering each other a "Happy Ed Balls Day" online, in the style of a public holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activities">Political activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Political activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balls has played a prominent role in the <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Society" title="Fabian Society">Fabian Society</a>. In 1992, he wrote a Fabian pamphlet advocating <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> independence, a policy adopted when <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> became Chancellor in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-feud_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feud-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was elected Vice-Chair of the Fabian Society for 2006 and Chair of the Fabian Society for 2007. As Vice-Chair of the Fabian Society, he launched the Fabian Life Chances Commission report in April 2006<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opened the society's Next Decade lecture series in November 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arguing for closer European cooperation on the environment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Balls has been a central figure in <a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a>'s economic reform agenda. He and Brown have differed from the <a href="/wiki/Blairites" class="mw-redirect" title="Blairites">Blairites</a> in being keen to stress their roots in Labour Party intellectual traditions such as Fabianism and the co-operative movement, as well as their modernising credentials in policy and electoral terms. In a <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> interview in March 2006, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bright" title="Martin Bright">Martin Bright</a> writes that Balls "says the use of the term 'socialist' is less of a problem for his generation than it has been for older politicians like Blair and Brown, who remain bruised by the ideological warfare of the 1970s and 1980s".<sup id="cite_ref-newstatesman_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstatesman-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the interview, Balls said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When I was at college, the economic system in eastern Europe was crumbling. We didn't have to ask the question of whether we should adopt a globally integrated, market-based model. For me, it is now a question of what values you have. Socialism, as represented by the Labour Party, the Fabian Society, the Co-operative movement, is a tradition I can be proud of.<sup id="cite_ref-newstatesman_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstatesman-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Balls attended the 2006, 2014, and 2015 <a href="/wiki/Bilderberg_meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilderberg meeting">Bilderberg meetings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GuardMay14_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardMay14-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCMay15_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCMay15-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balls was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Friends_of_Israel" title="Labour Friends of Israel">Labour Friends of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_George_Formby_Society_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-The_George_Formby_Society_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3152" data-file-height="2370" /></a><figcaption>Balls (left) performs at <a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party" title="The Queen's Birthday Party">The Queen's Birthday Party</a> with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Skinner" title="Frank Skinner">Frank Skinner</a> (centre) and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hill" title="Harry Hill">Harry Hill</a> (right).</figcaption></figure> <p>After leaving politics, Balls was appointed Senior Fellow at the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">John F. Kennedy School of Government</a>, and also became <a href="/wiki/Visiting_professor" class="mw-redirect" title="Visiting professor">visiting professor</a> of <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="King's College, London">King's College, London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed as the chairman of <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City F.C.</a> in December 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NorwichNames_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwichNames-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the football club he supports.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NorwichNames_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwichNames-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood down in December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016 he took part in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Sport_Relief_Bake_Off" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Sport Relief Bake Off">The Great Sport Relief Bake Off</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing_series_14" title="Strictly Come Dancing series 14">series 14</a> of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was partnered with <a href="/wiki/Katya_Jones" title="Katya Jones">Katya Jones</a>, a Russian professional dancer.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing about his performance in the sixth week Halloween special, Michael Hogan of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> said "The dad-dancing politician got a standing ovation from the studio audience, chuckles from the judges and enough viewer votes to keep him out of yet another dance-off."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His dance to "<a href="/wiki/Gangnam_Style" title="Gangnam Style">Gangnam Style</a>" was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Virgin_TV%27s_Must-See_Moment" class="mw-redirect" title="British Academy Television Award for Virgin TV's Must-See Moment">Must-See Moment Award</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2017_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2017 British Academy Television Awards">2017 Television BAFTAs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was eventually eliminated in week 10.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls' autobiographical memoir <i>Speaking Out</i> was published in August 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-balls-2016_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balls-2016-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the book, he said Labour's four-week <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">general election</a> campaign in 2015 was "astonishingly dysfunctional" and "we weren't ready – and didn't deserve – to return to government". He also described <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>'s leadership project as a "leftist utopian fantasy, devoid of connection to the reality of people's lives".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A three-part documentary, <i>Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls</i>, began broadcasting on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> on 29 July 2018. It looked at supporters of the then <a href="/wiki/President_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="President Trump">President Trump</a> and how things have changed. During one episode, Balls took part in a professional wrestling match in order to explore the correlation between Trump and the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another three-part documentary, <i>Travels in Euroland with Ed Balls</i>, began broadcasting on BBC Two on 23 January 2020. It explores anti-elite sentiment in Europe, the rise of right-wing politics, and the effect austerity has had in European politics.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, Balls was placed at Number 74 in 'The 100 Most Influential People on the Left' by commentator <a href="/wiki/Iain_Dale" title="Iain Dale">Iain Dale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2017, Balls was a contestant on the British TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Would_I_Lie_to_You%3F_(British_game_show)" title="Would I Lie to You? (British game show)">Would I Lie to You?</a></i>, where he revealed that he had once negotiated the Home Office budget while crawling in a children's ball pit.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January and February 2021, Balls was the winner in BBC One's <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Home_Cook" title="Best Home Cook">Celebrity Best Home Cook</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2021, in celebration of "Lifelong Learning Week", Balls hosted a special event at adult education provider City Lit alongside its Principal, Mark Malcomson. Balls discussed the importance of lifelong learning and his time at City Li.t as well as his memoir <i>Appetite</i>. Balls received a City Lit Lifetime Fellowship Award as recognition for the support and inspiration he provided to the organisation and its students.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 and 15 November 2021, Balls hosted <i>Ed Balls: Crisis In Care</i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>, a two-part documentary exploring the challenges facing <a href="/wiki/Social_care_in_England" title="Social care in England">social care providers in England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 November 2021, he was the subject of the BBC television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(British_TV_series)" title="Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)">Who Do You Think You Are?</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 September 2023, Balls and <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> started hosting the <a href="/wiki/Political_economy" title="Political economy">economics</a>-focused politics podcast <i><a href="/wiki/Political_Currency" title="Political Currency">Political Currency</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 January 2024, Balls received publicity for accidentally kicking <a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)" title="Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)">Good Morning Britain</a> presenter <a href="/wiki/Susanna_Reid" title="Susanna Reid">Susanna Reid</a> in the head during a segment on travel etiquette. He apologised immediately, and repeated his apologies later in the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 August 2024, Balls interviewed MP <a href="/wiki/Zarah_Sultana" title="Zarah Sultana">Zarah Sultana</a> on the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riots" title="2024 United Kingdom riots">then ongoing anti-immigrant riots</a> in the UK, in which he repeatedly interrupted and verbally clashed with her when she argued the unrest should be condemned as "<a href="/wiki/Islamophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamophobic">Islamophobic</a>". During the same broadcast, Balls interviewed his own wife, Yvette Cooper, in her role as role as <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> reported a total of 8,201 complaints received over the episode, stemming from both of the interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Balls_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ed_Balls_2021.jpg/220px-Ed_Balls_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ed_Balls_2021.jpg/330px-Ed_Balls_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ed_Balls_2021.jpg/440px-Ed_Balls_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Balls in 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Balls married Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a>, who later became Home Secretary, in <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a> on 10 January 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper is <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for Normanton, <a href="/wiki/Pontefract,_Castleford_and_Knottingley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley (UK Parliament constituency)">Pontefract and Knottingley</a>, the neighbouring constituency to Morley & Outwood from 2010 to 2024. They have three children.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="Source only confirms two children (August 2024)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In January 2008, they became the first married couple to serve together in <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">HM Cabinet</a> when Cooper became <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a>, although Cooper had attended cabinet sessions as housing minister prior to then.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCNews30Nov2009_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNews30Nov2009-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2010, the <a href="/wiki/British_Stammering_Association" title="British Stammering Association">British Stammering Association</a> announced that Balls had become a <a href="/wiki/Patron" class="mw-redirect" title="Patron">patron</a> of the association. Its chief executive, Norbert Lieckfeldt, commended Balls for talking about his stammer in public.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2013, Balls was fined for going through a red light in December 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Beebfine_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beebfine-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also admitted speeding in April 2013 and using his mobile phone while driving during the 2010 general election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Beebfine_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beebfine-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 August 2014, he was fined £900 and given five penalty points on his driving licence for failing to stop after a car accident. He said he knew that the cars had touched, but did not stop to check as he did not think any damage had been done.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Burns_(actor)" title="Nicholas Burns (actor)">Nicholas Burns</a> in the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> television film <i><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(film)" title="Coalition (film)">Coalition</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balls is a member of a band called Centrist Dad. Balls, who plays the drums, is accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peston" title="Robert Peston">Robert Peston</a> on vocals, and <a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(broadcaster)" title="John Wilson (broadcaster)">John Wilson</a> on <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Speaking Out: Lessons in Life and Politics</i> (20 April 2017) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1784755935" title="Special:BookSources/978-1784755935">978-1784755935</a></li> <li><i>Appetite: A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food</i> (19 August 2021) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1398504745" title="Special:BookSources/978-1398504745">978-1398504745</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls_document_leak" title="Ed Balls document leak">Ed Balls document leak</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Balls&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eustace_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy_of_Newcastle" title="Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Lees-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_7th_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope">Stanhope</a></li> 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%">Elected</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ed Balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Byrne" title="Liam Byrne">Liam Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Creagh" title="Mary Creagh">Mary Creagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Eagle" title="Angela Eagle">Angela Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Eagle" title="Maria Eagle">Maria Eagle</a></li> <li><a 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Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hanson,_Baron_Hanson_of_Flint" title="David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint">David Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Harris_(British_politician)" title="Tom Harris (British politician)">Tom Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huw_Irranca-Davies" title="Huw Irranca-Davies">Huw Irranca-Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevan_Jones" title="Kevan Jones">Kevan Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Joyce" title="Eric Joyce">Eric Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Keeley" title="Barbara Keeley">Barbara Keeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lammy" title="David Lammy">David Lammy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Leslie" title="Chris Leslie">Chris Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Lucas" title="Ian Lucas">Ian Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Mactaggart" title="Fiona Mactaggart">Fiona Mactaggart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_McFadden" title="Pat McFadden">Pat McFadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Michael" title="Alun 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href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Lightfoot" title="Warwick Lightfoot">Warwick Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Mount" title="Ferdinand Mount">Ferdinand Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Norton,_8th_Baron_Grantley" title="Richard Norton, 8th Baron Grantley">The Lord Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Palliser" title="Michael Palliser">Michael Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Peel" title="Jack Peel">Jack Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Redwood" title="John Redwood">John Redwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Stone" title="Norman Stone">Norman Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Walters" title="Alan Walters">Alan Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wolfson,_Baron_Wolfson_of_Sunningdale" title="David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale">David Wolfson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Major#Prime_Minister" title="John Major">Major Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Bercow" title="John Bercow">John Bercow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Blackwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Blackwell">Norman Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Caine">Jonathan Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Chaplin" title="Judith Chaplin">Judith Chaplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Peter_de_la_Billi%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Peter de la Billière">Sir Peter de la Billière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finkelstein" title="Daniel Finkelstein">Daniel Finkelstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Jonathan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hogg,_Viscountess_Hailsham" title="Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham">Sarah Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kerpel" title="Tony Kerpel">Tony Kerpel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Lightfoot" title="Warwick Lightfoot">Warwick Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Meyer" title="Christopher Meyer">Christopher Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell" title="Gus O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rock" title="Patrick Rock">Patrick Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ruffley" title="David Ruffley">David Ruffley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Warner" title="Gerald Warner">Gerald Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wyman" title="Peter Wyman">Peter Wyman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Tony_Blair" title="Premiership of Tony Blair">Blair Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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title="Patrick Diamond">Patrick Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Dipple" title="Jo Dipple">Jo Dipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugher" title="Michael Dugher">Michael Dugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hale" title="Stephen Hale">Stephen Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Hart_of_Chilton" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Hart of Chilton">The Lord Hart of Chilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(Labour_adviser)" title="David Hill (Labour adviser)">David Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anji_Hunter" title="Anji Hunter">Anji Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Kelly_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Kelly (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Tom Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Kendall" title="Liz Kendall">Liz Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kyle_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kyle (politician)">Peter Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Linden" title="Sophie Linden">Sophie Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Livermore" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer Livermore">Spencer Livermore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Lloyd" title="Liz Lloyd">Liz Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_McDougall" title="Blair McDougall">Blair McDougall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_McFadden" title="Pat McFadden">Pat McFadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McTernan" title="John McTernan">John McTernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Moore" class="mw-redirect" title="Jo Moore">Jo Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Huyton" title="Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton">Sally Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Mulgan" title="Geoff Mulgan">Geoff Mulgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Nye" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Nye">Susan Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Powell_(Labour_adviser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)">Jonathan Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Price" title="Lance Price">Lance Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Purnell" title="James Purnell">James Purnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Reynolds" title="Emma Reynolds">Emma Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Richards_(chief_executive)" title="Ed Richards (chief executive)">Ed Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Ryan_(consultant)" title="Conor Ryan (consultant)">Conor Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godric_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godric Smith (page does not exist)">Godric Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Smith" title="Owen Smith">Owen Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevens_(healthcare_executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Stevens (healthcare executive)">Simon Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Taylor_(political_strategist)" title="Matthew Taylor (political strategist)">Matthew Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriti_Vadera,_Baroness_Vadera" title="Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera">Shriti Vadera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Whelan" title="Charlie Whelan">Charlie Whelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_White_(political_adviser)" title="Sam White (political adviser)">Sam White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whitton" title="David Whitton">David Whitton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Doyle_(political_adviser)" title="Matthew Doyle (political adviser)">Matthew Doyle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brown_ministry" title="Brown ministry">Brown Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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title="Jeremy Heywood">Jeremy Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Irvin" title="Joe Irvin">Joe Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Lewis_(public_relations_officer)" title="Simon Lewis (public relations officer)">Simon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_McDougall" title="Blair McDougall">Blair McDougall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_McBride" title="Damian McBride">Damian McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McTernan" title="John McTernan">John McTernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Muir" title="David S. Muir">David Muir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Nye" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Nye">Susan Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Scholar" title="Tom Scholar">Tom Scholar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Spence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Spence (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Spence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_White_(political_adviser)" title="Sam White (political adviser)">Sam White</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Lord_Wood_of_Anfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Lord Wood of Anfield (page does not exist)">Stewart Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Woodcock,_Baron_Walney" title="John Woodcock, Baron Walney">John Woodcock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_David_Cameron" title="Premiership of David Cameron">Cameron Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Bailey_(London_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaun Bailey (London politician)">Shaun Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Bertin" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabby Bertin">Gabby Bertin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Bower_(civil_servant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Bower (civil servant)">Helen Bower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Caine">Jonathan Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Cavendish" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla Cavendish">Camilla Cavendish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coetzee" title="Ryan Coetzee">Ryan Coetzee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Coulson" title="Andy Coulson">Andy Coulson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Fall" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine Fall">Catherine Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Finn,_Baroness_Finn" title="Simone Finn, Baroness Finn">Simone Finn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Freedman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Freedman (page does not exist)">Sam Freedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Glover_(journalist)" title="Julian Glover (journalist)">Julian Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Goldsworthy" title="Julia Goldsworthy">Julia Goldsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Gray" title="Jean-Christophe Gray">Jean-Christophe Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Harrison" title="Rupert Harrison">Rupert Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arminka_Helic" title="Arminka Helic">Arminka Helic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Hillman" title="Nick Hillman">Nick Hillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hilton" title="Steve Hilton">Steve Hilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Korski" title="Daniel Korski">Daniel Korski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Llewellyn,_Baron_Llewellyn_of_Steep" title="Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep">Edward Llewellyn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poppy_Mitchell-Rose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poppy Mitchell-Rose (page does not exist)">Poppy Mitchell-Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Newman_(political_adviser)" title="Henry Newman (political adviser)">Henry Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Oates" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonny Oates">Jonny Oates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_O%27Brien" title="Neil O'Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Shaughnessy,_Baron_O%27Shaughnessy" title="James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy">James O'Shaughnessy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Oliver_(British_journalist)" title="Craig Oliver (British journalist)">Craig Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Parkinson,_Baron_Parkinson_of_Whitley_Bay" title="Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay">Stephen Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Reeves_(British_author)" title="Richard Reeves (British author)">Richard Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rock" title="Patrick Rock">Patrick Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Sanderson" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Sanderson">Elizabeth Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Seddon" title="Nick Seddon">Nick Seddon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salma_Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salma Shah (page does not exist)">Salma Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Shawcross" title="Eleanor Shawcross">Eleanor Shawcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Southern" title="Sarah Southern">Sarah Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippa_Stroud,_Baroness_Stroud" title="Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud">Philippa Stroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Sugg" class="mw-redirect" title="Liz Sugg">Liz Sugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Suttie" class="mw-redirect" title="Alison Suttie">Alison Suttie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Symonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrie Symonds">Carrie Symonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Graeme_Wilson_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Graeme Wilson (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Graeme Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Worth" title="Sean Worth">Sean Worth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Theresa_May" title="Premiership of Theresa May">May Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Bower-Easton" title="Helen Bower-Easton">Helen Bower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine,_Baron_Caine" title="Jonathan Caine, Baron Caine">Jonathan, The Lord Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Bois" title="Nick de Bois">Nick de Bois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Frost,_Baron_Frost" title="David Frost, Baron Frost">David Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gibb" title="Robbie Gibb">Robbie Gibb</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Harrison_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Harrison (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Paul Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hill_(British_political_adviser)" title="Fiona Hill (British political adviser)">Fiona Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Holmes_(Eastleigh_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Holmes (Eastleigh MP)">Paul Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Ivers" title="Charlotte Ivers">Charlotte Ivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Jackson" title="Stewart Jackson">Stewart Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kent_(consultant)" title="James Kent (consultant)">James Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kruger" title="Danny Kruger">Danny Kruger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Loudon" title="Lizzie Loudon">Lizzie Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mangnall" title="Anthony Mangnall">Anthony Mangnall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Marshall_(political_adviser)" title="James Marshall (political adviser)">James Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Njoku-Goodwin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamie Njoku-Goodwin (page does not exist)">Jamie Njoku-Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Parkinson,_Baron_Parkinson_of_Whitley_Bay" title="Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay">Stephen Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Penn,_Baroness_Penn" title="Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn">Joanna Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Perrior" title="Katie Perrior">Katie Perrior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randall,_Baron_Randall_of_Uxbridge" title="John Randall, Baron Randall of Uxbridge">John, The Lord Randall of Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Sanderson,_Baroness_Sanderson_of_Welton" title="Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton">Elizabeth Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salma_Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salma Shah (page does not exist)">Salma Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Johnson" title="Carrie Johnson">Carrie Symonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Tanner" title="Will Tanner">Will Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Walden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Will Walden (page does not exist)">Will Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Williams_(British_politician)" title="Craig Williams (British politician)">Craig Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Premiership of Boris Johnson">Johnson Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bew_(historian)" title="John Bew (historian)">John Bew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Booth-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Liam Booth-Smith">Liam Booth-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Cain" title="Lee Cain">Lee Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Canzini" title="David Canzini">David Canzini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Cardwell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Cardwell (page does not exist)">Peter Cardwell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Cook_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Cook (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Henry Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_da_Costa" title="Nikki da Costa">Nikki da Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Doyle_(journalist)" title="Jack Doyle (journalist)">Jack Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Finn,_Baroness_Finn" title="Simone Finn, Baroness Finn">Simone, The Baroness Finn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gascoigne,_Baron_Gascoigne" title="Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne">Benjamin Gascoigne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Griffith" title="Andrew Griffith">Andrew Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guto_Harri" title="Guto Harri">Guto Harri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hood_(businessman)" title="Andrew Hood (businessman)">Andrew Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Jupp" title="Simon Jupp">Simon Jupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kempsell,_Baron_Kempsell" title="Ross Kempsell, Baron Kempsell">Ross Kempsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Lam" title="Katie Lam">Katie Lam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Lewis_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oliver Lewis (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Oliver Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Lister,_Baron_Udny-Lister" title="Edward Lister, Baron Udny-Lister">Edward Lister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munira_Mirza" title="Munira Mirza">Munira Mirza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Montgomerie" title="Tim Montgomerie">Tim Montgomerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Newman_(political_adviser)" title="Henry Newman (political adviser)">Henry Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Njoku-Goodwin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamie Njoku-Goodwin (page does not exist)">Jamie Njoku-Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Oldfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Oldfield (page does not exist)">Ed Oldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Owen,_Baroness_Owen_of_Alderley_Edge" title="Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge">Charlotte Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Oxley" title="Rob Oxley">Rob Oxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rosenfield" title="Dan Rosenfield">Dan Rosenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Slack" title="James Slack">James Slack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegra_Stratton" title="Allegra Stratton">Allegra Stratton</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Jones_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adam Jones (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Adam Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Owen,_Baroness_Owen_of_Alderley_Edge" title="Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge">Charlotte Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Sinclair_(political_adviser)" title="Matthew Sinclair (political adviser)">Matthew Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Solomon" title="Reuben Solomon">Reuben Solomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Rishi_Sunak" title="Premiership of Rishi Sunak">Sunak Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Bew_(historian)" title="John Bew (historian)">John Bew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Booth-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Liam Booth-Smith">Liam Booth-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerissa_Chesterfield" title="Nerissa Chesterfield">Nerissa Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_de_Botton" title="Amber de Botton">Amber de Botton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Forsyth_(political_aide)" title="James Forsyth (political aide)">James Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hood_(businessman)" title="Andrew Hood (businessman)">Andrew Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Newman_(political_adviser)" title="Henry Newman (political adviser)">Henry Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Shawcross" title="Eleanor Shawcross">Eleanor Shawcross-Wolfson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Tanner" title="Will Tanner">Will Tanner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Keir_Starmer" title="Premiership of Keir Starmer">Starmer Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ed Balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bassam,_Baron_Bassam_of_Brighton" title="Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton">Lord Bassam of Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Byrne" title="Liam Byrne">Liam Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Coaker" title="Vernon Coaker">Vernon Coaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Creagh" title="Mary Creagh">Mary Creagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Curran" title="Margaret Curran">Margaret Curran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_De_Piero" title="Gloria De Piero">Gloria De Piero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugher" title="Michael Dugher">Michael Dugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Eagle" title="Angela Eagle">Angela Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Eagle" title="Maria Eagle">Maria Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Flint" title="Caroline Flint">Caroline Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Peter Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Healey_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Healey (politician)">John Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meg_Hillier" title="Meg Hillier">Meg Hillier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tristram_Hunt" title="Tristram Hunt">Tristram Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tessa_Jowell" title="Tessa Jowell">Tessa Jowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Leslie" title="Chris Leslie">Chris Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lewis" title="Ivan Lewis">Ivan Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_McKechin" title="Ann McKechin">Ann McKechin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Powell" title="Lucy Powell">Lucy Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Reeves" title="Rachel Reeves">Rachel Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Royall,_Baroness_Royall_of_Blaisdon" title="Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon">Baroness Royall of Blaisdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Smith" title="Owen Smith">Owen Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Trickett" title="Jon Trickett">Jon Trickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Twigg" title="Stephen Twigg">Stephen Twigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuka_Umunna" title="Chuka Umunna">Chuka Umunna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Tom Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Woodward" title="Shaun Woodward">Shaun Woodward</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg/100px-One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg/150px-One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg/200px-One_Nation_Labour_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%">Political ethos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%">Elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">2011 local elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2012 United Kingdom local elections">2012 local elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2013 United 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