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Become a Candidate

Check out our Information on standing as a candidate if you wish to support the party by standing as a candidate for your area.

Forthcoming elections

The next planned elections that the party will eligible to stand in are the 2014 European Parliament Elections in June 2014.

The Pirate Party may also contest by-elections, as and when they arise.

Previous elections

The Pirate Party UK stood nine candidates for the 2010 General Election. The party also stood one Candidate for the Local Elections in England and several candidates for the Scottish Parliament Elections during 2011.

Our most recent Elections have been the Local Elections in Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh in which we stood six candidates and the By-Election in Manchester during November 2012 in which we stood one candidate.

Day to day, the party is run by the National Executive Committee, whose meeting minutes are published on the wiki.

The main offices of the party are:

• Leader.
• The Treasury.
• Campaigns.
• The Press Office.
• Nominations.
• The Secretariat.

The Web Team look after the day-to-day running of the website and the technical side of the party.

For a broader summary of the party's administration, see the organisation chart.

• Richard O'Dwyer
• The Digital Economy Act 2010
• File sharing -- The Pirate Bay
• Copyright
• Patents
• Liquid democracy
• Free Culture

• Follow @PiratePartyUK on Twitter
• Like Pirate Party UK on Facebook
• Subscribe to ThePirateParty on YouTube
• Discuss Pirate politics on our forum
• Read our official Pirate Party UK Press blog
• Read the Pirate Party UK's community blog, The Pirate Ship
• View our photo's on Flickr
• Talk to us on IRC

• England
  • East Midlands
  • East of England
  • Greater London
  • North East England
  • North West England
  • South East England
  • South West England
  • West Midlands
  • Yorkshire and Humberside
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

We are always in need new contributors and editors to ensure our wiki's content is up to date, relevant, contains accurate information and is grammatically correct. Be bold and make changes and updates to pages wherever you see errors and check out the Dock's to-do list for ways to get more intimately involved with the future of the wiki.

• History
• Newsletters
• Political FAQs
• Links to Useful Research
• Articles About the Party
• Promotional Style Guide
• Unofficial Promotional Materials
• Video and Audio Resources
• Events Archive
• Volunteers and Tasks
• Other resources
• General disclaimer

The following Working Groups are currently working to develop party policy for 2012 and beyond. If you wish to get involved make yourself known to the group leaders. Contact information and an overview is available Here

• Defence Working Group
• Education Working Group
• European Policy, Foreign Policy, Scotland and Immigration Working Group
• Health Working Group