Ed Balls
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Edward Michael Balls is a British broadcaster, economist and former politician. He served as a junior minister in the treasury portfolio from 2006 to 2007, as Secretary of State for Children, Schools
Official portrait, 2021
Official portrait, 2002
Official portrait, 2007
Balls (left) performs at The Queen's Birthday Party with Frank Skinner (centre) and Harry Hill (right).
Yvette Cooper
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Yvette Cooper is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since July 2026. She previously served as Foreign Secretary from September 2025 to July 2026 and a
Ed Balls
…a campaign, in connection with the local newspaper the Wakefield Express, to save the seat and, together with the three other Wakefield MPs (his wife Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh and Jon Trickett), fought an unsuccessful High Court legal action against the Boundary Commission's proposals. In March 2007, he was…
Official portrait, 2025
Cooper as Minister for Housing in 2007
Cooper speaking at the 2016 Labour Party Conference
MP portrait, 2019