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The Pirate Party UK (often abbreviated PPUK; in (ウェールズ語:'Plaid Môr-leidr DU')) is a political party in the United Kingdom. The Pirate Party's core policies are to bring about reform to copyright and patent laws, support privacy and reduce surveillance from government and businesses, and guarantee genuine freedom of speech for everyone.〔 〕 Established in July 2009, the first Leader of the party was Andrew Robinson, who stepped down in August 2010. Laurence "Loz" Kaye was elected to replace him in September 2010, and served until after the 2015 general election, when he stepped down. Following Kaye's resignation, a leadership election was held, with Cris Chesha being elected Leader and David Elston being elected the party's first Deputy Leader.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/pirate-party-uk-announces-appointments-nec-and-board-governors )〕 The Pirate Party UK contested its first election in 2010, standing nine candidates in the 2010 general election. The party also stood candidates in the 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth and 2012 Manchester Central by-elections. The party also contested several local government elections and the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The party stood six candidates in the 2015 general election. The highest percentage of votes the party has achieved to date is 5.2% by Loz Kaye when he stood in the Bradford ward on Manchester City Council in the during the 2012 local elections. In general elections the party has never received more than one percent of the vote. ==History== Following the Pirate Bay Trial, a large surge in Pirate Party interest occurred around the world. After the success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the summer 2009 European Elections, there was a sudden growth of Pirate Party organisations across Europe (notably in Germany and France) and beyond. Forum membership soared. The official formation of the Pirate Party in the UK followed shortly after the European Elections and the Pirate Party UK was officially registered on 30 July 2009.〔 In August, it was claimed that Pirate Party UK was undergoing rapid growth similar to one the Swedish Pirate Party had enjoyed in early 2009. It was reported that they had been flooded by enquiries and at its peak around 100 people an hour were signing up to become party members. Donations had been coming in so fast that PayPal was concerned they were a fraudulent site. On 22 August 2009, one of the Party Officers, John McKeown, resigned from his post after he made a blog post that caused controversy and debate upon party policy. He felt that as he was elected prior to official formation of the party, when there were fewer members, he could not safely say he represented the majority view of the party. In December 2009, the party voted to accept Peter Liddell as the new Party Treasurer, and John Barron was voted Nominating Officer, as well as ratifying several other positions within the party in November. On 23 January 2010, the party opened voting to its members for the internal party elections for NEC members. It was announced on 1 February 2010 that the party members had voted to retain the current executive members. On 30 March 2010, the party declared its intent to stand 10 candidates across England and Scotland, however to do so, further party funding would be required. On 27 April 2010, the party announced that it had nine official candidates on the ballot papers, as Mark Sims had missed the deadline due to the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Following the resignation of first party leader Andrew Robinson, composer and lecturer Laurence "Loz" Kaye was elected as the new leader on 26 September 2010. In a message sent to members, Kaye stated his key aim as "building the political structure of the party". Previously, Kaye had been the Election Agent for candidate Tim Dobson who stood for Pirate Party UK in Manchester Gorton. On 25 February 2015, the Pirate Party UK announced their withdrawal from their international affiliation, Pirate Party International. This announcement, consolidated by a vote of the Board, followed in the wake of Pirate Party Australia's decision to leave earlier in the same month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blogs/editor/ppuk-leaves-ppi )〕 In the run-up to the 2015 general election, the Pirate Party crowdsourced their manifesto using Reddit. The process ran until the 21 March 2015. Kaye stepped down as Leader following the 2015 general election in May.〔 Due to the role of Deputy Leader also being vacant, George Walkden, the party's Nominating Officer, was approved by the Board of Governors to serve as an interim Leader until the party elected a new Leader.〔https://pirateparty.org.uk/be-part-new-pirate-crew〕 Following the leadership election, Cris Chesha was elected Leader of the party. David Elston was elected the first Deputy Leader of the party. Six new Governors were elected, with six Governors being re-elected. Also, Rebecca Rae was elected to the role of Campaigns Officer on the NEC.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://community.pirateparty.org.uk/discussion/227/internal-election-results-july-2015 )〕 On 18 June, Andrew Norton stepped down as Chair of the Board, and was replaced by the Deputy Chair of the Board, Andrew Robinson, also the former Leader of the party from 2009 to 2010. On 29 July 2015, Will Tovey was elected as the next Deputy Chair of the Board to replaced Robinson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/how-we-work/board )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pirate Party UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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