Loz Kaye

Loz Kaye
Leader of Pirate Party UK
In office 26 September 2010 – 9 May 2015
Preceded by	Andrew Robinson
Succeeded by	George Walkden (Interim Leader) Cris Chesha (Elected Leader)
Personal details
Political party	Labour Party (until 1993) Pirate Party UK (2010–2015)

Laurence "Loz" Kaye, is a British musician, composer, activist and politician. Kaye was Leader of Pirate Party UK from 26 September 2010 to 9 May 2015.

Kaye has spoken and campaigned on digital rights, copyright law and civil liberties in the past.

Kaye has worked as a Lecturer at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and has also taught extensively in Denmark in the past, including at the Danish department of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Aarhus. He is a Visiting Lecturer at Salford University on the Physical and Dance Theatre Degree, and is currently the Musical Director at Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus.

As a composer his work is particularly associated with visual theatre company Horse and Bamboo Theatre, Huddersfield-based Darkhorse Theater and mask theatre company Thalias Tjenere.

Kaye was a Labour Party activist until 1993, when he left the party.

Kaye was first elected as a Governor on the Board of Governors of the Pirate Party UK in July 2010. was the Election Agent for Tim Dobson in the 2010 general election, Dobson being the Pirate Party UK candidate to receive the most votes in that election. Following the resignation of Andrew Robinson as Leader of the party on 23 August 2010, Kaye was one of four people to put their names forward as candidates in the ensuing leadership election. Two candidates withdrew before nominations closed, leaving only Kaye and Peter Brett as candidates. Kaye won the election with nearly 74% of the vote, with Brett getting 17% and 8% voting to re-open nominations. On 13 March 2011, Kaye left his role as a Governor on the Board of Governors.

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