Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: James Mark Dakin Purnell ( born March 2 , 1970 ) wass an English politician was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2010 . He was the Member of Parliament for the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency in the United Kingdom from the elected in the 2001 general election until he retired at the 2010 general election .
Simplified: James Mark Dakin Purnell ( born 2 March 1970 ) is a British Labor Party politician , who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Stalybridge and Hyde from 2001 to 2010 .