Edward Michael Balls is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Normanton from 2005 to 2010, and for Morley and Outwood from 2010 to 2015. Edward Michael Balls is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Normanton from 2005 to 2010, and for Morley and Outwood from 2010 to 2015.