1967 - Today
Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British broadcaster, economist and former politician who served as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007 to 2010, and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 to 2015. A member of Labour Co-op, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and later for Morley and Outwood between 2005 and 2015. Balls attended Nottingham High School before he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Keble College, Oxford, and was later a Kennedy Scholar in economics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Balls has received more than 3,169,326 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ed Balls is the 17,624th most popular politician (down from 15,505th in 2019), the 6,904th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,063rd in 2019) and the 684th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Ed Balls ranks 17,624 out of 15,577. Before him are Peter Dutton, Brad Henry, Mariya Gromova, Xu Li, Ed Perlmutter, and Aki Takayama. After him are Rory Stewart, Dotsie Bausch, Petrissa Solja, Robert Gibbs, Pramila Jayapal, and Pete Sessions.
1970 - Present
HPI: 24.73
Rank: 17,618
1963 - Present
HPI: 24.71
Rank: 17,619
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.70
Rank: 17,620
1989 - Present
HPI: 24.70
Rank: 17,621
1953 - Present
HPI: 24.69
Rank: 17,622
1970 - Present
HPI: 24.66
Rank: 17,623
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.65
Rank: 17,624
1973 - Present
HPI: 24.62
Rank: 17,625
1973 - Present
HPI: 24.61
Rank: 17,626
1994 - Present
HPI: 24.59
Rank: 17,627
1971 - Present
HPI: 24.51
Rank: 17,628
1965 - Present
HPI: 24.50
Rank: 17,629
1955 - Present
HPI: 24.42
Rank: 17,630
Among people born in 1967, Ed Balls ranks 777. Before him are Malini Awasthi, Quinn Cummings, Hiroaki Nagashima, Andre Arendse, Hollis Conway, and Bill Shorten. After him are Esther McVey, Tony Leondis, Barnaby Joyce, Makoto Atsuta, Efan Ekoku, and Nandana Sen.
1967 - Present
HPI: 26.13
Rank: 771
1967 - Present
HPI: 26.06
Rank: 772
1967 - Present
HPI: 25.89
Rank: 773
1967 - Present
HPI: 25.64
Rank: 774
1967 - Present
HPI: 25.51
Rank: 775
1967 - Present
HPI: 25.08
Rank: 776
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.65
Rank: 777
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.38
Rank: 778
1967 - Present
HPI: 23.94
Rank: 779
1967 - Present
HPI: 23.61
Rank: 780
1967 - Present
HPI: 23.50
Rank: 781
1967 - Present
HPI: 23.32
Rank: 782
1967 - Present
HPI: 23.27
Rank: 783
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ed Balls ranks 6,904 out of 7,765. Before him are Todd Bennett (1962), Alma Deutscher (2005), Emma Pooley (1982), Mark Robins (1969), Foxes (1989), and DJ Fresh (1977). After him are Robbie Earle (1965), Lauren Socha (1990), Thomas Turgoose (1992), Victoria Pendleton (1980), Shane Duffy (1992), and Nicole Cooke (1983).
1962 - 2013
HPI: 24.79
Rank: 6,898
2005 - Present
HPI: 24.79
Rank: 6,899
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.77
Rank: 6,900
1969 - Present
HPI: 24.77
Rank: 6,901
1989 - Present
HPI: 24.71
Rank: 6,902
1977 - Present
HPI: 24.69
Rank: 6,903
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.65
Rank: 6,904
1965 - Present
HPI: 24.63
Rank: 6,905
1990 - Present
HPI: 24.62
Rank: 6,906
1992 - Present
HPI: 24.62
Rank: 6,907
1980 - Present
HPI: 24.61
Rank: 6,908
1992 - Present
HPI: 24.60
Rank: 6,909
1983 - Present
HPI: 24.60
Rank: 6,910
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ed Balls ranks 684. Before him are Oliver Letwin (1956), Clarissa Ward (1980), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Alan Duncan (1957), Justine Greening (1969), and Gavin Williamson (1976). After him are Esther McVey (1967), Omar Abdullah (1970), John Whittingdale (1959), David Mundell (1962), Jo Swinson (1980), and Yvette Cooper (1969).
1956 - Present
HPI: 26.14
Rank: 678
1980 - Present
HPI: 25.69
Rank: 679
1957 - Present
HPI: 25.63
Rank: 680
1957 - Present
HPI: 25.46
Rank: 681
1969 - Present
HPI: 25.14
Rank: 682
1976 - Present
HPI: 25.01
Rank: 683
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.65
Rank: 684
1967 - Present
HPI: 24.38
Rank: 685
1970 - Present
HPI: 24.30
Rank: 686
1959 - Present
HPI: 23.89
Rank: 687
1962 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 688
1980 - Present
HPI: 23.60
Rank: 689
1969 - Present
HPI: 23.41
Rank: 690