Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Edward Michael Balls , known as Ed Balls , ( born 25 February 1967 ) is a British Labor politician , who has been a Member of Parliament ( MP ) since 2005 , currently for Morley and Outwood , and is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Simplified: Edward Michael ` Ed ' Balls ( born February 25 , 1967 in Norwich , England ) is a British politician and the shadow Home Secretary in Ed Miliband 's shadow cabinet . He is the Labor Party and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the constituency of Morley and Outwood in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom .