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Mayor
Jason Perry
Official portrait, 2021
Mayor of Croydon
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 2022
DeputyLynne Hale
Preceded byOffice established
Hamida Ali (as Leader of the Council)
Majority589
Leader of the Opposition of London Borough of Croydon Council
In office
2 September 2020 – 9 May 2022
Preceded byTim Pollard
Succeeded byStuart King
Member of Croydon Council
In office
2 May 1994 – 9 May 2022
Preceded byAndrew Pelling
Succeeded byDanielle Denton
ConstituencyCoulsdon East (1994–2002)
Croham (2002–2018)
South Croydon (2018–2022)
Personal details
BornJason Stephen Perry
Croydon, London, England
PartyConservative
Children2
WebsiteOfficial website

Jason Stephen Perry is a Conservative Party politician who has served as the Mayor of Croydon, a borough within London, since 2022.[1] He was previously the leader of the opposition of the Croydon London Borough Council and has been leader of the Croydon Council Conservative Group since September 2020.[2]

Political career

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Perry has been a councillor on Croydon London Borough Council since 1994, representing Coulsdon East from 1994 to 2002, Croham from 2002 to 2018, and South Croydon since boundary changes in 2018. He served as a cabinet member during the 2006–2014 Conservative administration and served as a deputy leader of the Croydon Council Conservative Group from 2017 to 2020. In October 2021 he was selected as Croydon Conservatives' candidate for the newly created position of Mayor of Croydon.[3] He was elected on 5 May 2022, defeating the Labour candidate, former deputy mayor of London Val Shawcross, with 50.4% of the vote after the second round.[4] He was re-elected in 2026 with 30.5% of the vote, beating the second-place candidate, Rowenna Davis, by 1,113 votes.[5]

Electoral history

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2026 election

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Mayor of Croydon Election 2026)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jason Perry* 35,871 30.5 −4.3
Labour Rowenna Davis 34758 29.6 −3.1
Green Peter Underwood 19404 16.5 +10.0
Reform Ben Flook 14467 12.3 n/a
Liberal Democrats Richard Howard 7815 6.6 −3.8
Taking the Initiative Michael Pusey MBE 2597 2.2 −3.8
Independent Jose Joseph 1568 1.3 n/a
TUSC Ben Goldstone 461 0.4 n/a
Turnout 117616 41
Conservative hold Swing

2022 election

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Perry was elected as both Mayor and a Councillor. Therefore under the Local Government Act 2000 his Council seat was declared vacant and a by-election was held on the 30th June to elect a successor.

2022 Croydon Mayoral election
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Jason Perry 33,413 34.8% 5,199 38,612 50.4
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Labour Co-op Val Shawcross 31,352 32.7% 6,671 38,023 49.6
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Liberal Democrats Richard Howard 9,967 10.4%
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Independent Andrew Pelling 6,807 7.1%
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Green Peter Underwood 6,193 6.5%
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Taking the Initiative Farah London 5,768 6.0%
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Independent Winston McKenzie 1,324 1.4%
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Independent Gavin Palmer 1,114 1.2%
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Total votes 97,458
Registered electors 280,960
Conservative win
Croydon Council Election 2022: South Croydon (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland* 1,898
Conservative Jason Perry* 1,872
Conservative Michael Neal* 1,688
Labour Bridget Galloway 1,378
Labour Joshua Andrew 1,359
Labour Tariq Hafeez 1,196
Green Steve Harris 682
Liberal Democrats Martin Drake 668
Liberal Democrats Michael Bishopp 659
Green Nayan Patel 605
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller 529
Green Marc Richards 508
UKIP Kathleen Garner 117
Turnout 4,788 38.41
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2018 election

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Croydon Council Election 2018: South Croydon (3)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland 2,345 18.02
Conservative Michael Neal 2,169 16.67
Conservative Jason Perry 2,108 16.20
Labour Stella Nabukeera 1,633 12.55
Labour Matthew Dimas Hill 1,606 12.34
Labour Paul Martin Waddell 1,575 12.11
Green Stephen Harris 442 3.40
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Albert Bishopp 438 3.37
Green Saima Raza 395 3.04
Green Marc Richards 339 2.61
Liberal Democrats Toby William Keynes 294 2.26
Independent Mark Robin Lionel Samuel 104 0.80
Majority 475 3.65
Turnout 4,719 40.08
Registered electors 11,774
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

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Croydon Council Election 2014: Croham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland 2,042
Conservative Michael Neal 1,910
Conservative Jason Perry 1,803
Labour Christopher Clark 1,100
Labour Paul Waddell 1,099
Labour Claudine Reid 1,011
UKIP Kathleen Garner 629
Liberal Democrats Michael Bishopp 587
Green Tracey Hague 515
Liberal Democrats Ben Devlin 505
Liberal Democrats John Jefkins 500
Green Gordon Halliday 479
Green Sasha Khan 474
Putting Croydon First Mark Samuel 191
Independent Tony Martin 97
Turnout 4,315 41.10% Decrease 25.94%
Registered electors 11,318
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

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Croydon Council Election 2010: Croham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland 3,389
Conservative Michael Neal 3,070
Conservative Jason Perry 2,804
Labour Natalie Allen 1,806
Liberal Democrats John Jefkins 1,795
Liberal Democrats Martin Camden 1,778
Liberal Democrats Simon Rix 1,758
Labour Martin Angus 1,512
Labour Adam Bonner 1,343
Green Stephen Harris 538
Green Muriel Passmore 507
UKIP William Bailey 444
Green Marc Richards 433
Putting Croydon First Mark Samuel 218
Turnout 7,582 67.04% Increase 25.64%
Registered electors 11,309
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

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Croydon Council Election 2006: Croham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland 2,590
Conservative Michael Neal 2,418
Conservative Jason Perry 2,378
Liberal Democrats Michael Bishopp 861
Liberal Democrats Sheelagh Crampton 739
Labour Laura Doughty 722
Labour Paul Anderson 697
Liberal Democrats Edward Maxfield 609
Green Stephen Harris 569
Labour James Mburu 566
UKIP William Bailey 206
The People's Choice Evelyn Lane 113
The People's Choice Debra Cannam 112
The People's Choice Mark Samuel 96
Turnout 4,460 41.4% Increase 2.7%
Registered electors 10,785
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2002 election

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Croydon Council Election 2002: Croham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria R. Gatland 2,100
Conservative Jason S. Perry 2,008
Conservative Michael A. Neal 1,984
Liberal Democrats Graham T. Dare 1,232
Liberal Democrats Sarah J. Newton 1,192
Liberal Democrats Gavin T. Howard-Jones 1,171
Labour Laura T. Doughty 681
Labour Stephen C. Moyse 647
Labour Louise F. Szpera 583
UKIP Brian P. Alchorn 106
UKIP Kathleen Garner 93
Peoples Choice Evelyn J. Lane 90
Peoples Choice Donald Pearce 71
Peoples Choice Mark R.L. Samuel 58
Turnout 4,121 38.7 Decrease 1.3%
Registered electors 10,639
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1998 election

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Croydon Council Election 1998: Coulsdon East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Wright 2,234
Liberal Democrats Ian R. Atkins 2,122
Conservative Jason S. Perry 2,112
Conservative Brian A. Udell 2,106
Liberal Democrats Michael T.A. Bishopp 1,935
Liberal Democrats Mark B. Goodrich 1,867
Labour Maggie Conway 474
Labour Charles King 431
Labour Michael T. Ryan 410
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1994 election

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Croydon Council Election 1994: Coulsdon East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Wright 2,228
Conservative Christine A. Prentice 2,105
Conservative Jason S. Perry 2,091
Liberal Democrats Ian R. Atkins 1,597
Liberal Democrats John P. Callen 1,547
Liberal Democrats Keith C. Jacobs 1,408
Labour Margaret Conway 736
Labour Michael P. J. Phelan 608
Labour Syed M. Hassan 570
Majority 494
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Jason Perry elected as first mayor in historic night for Croydon". Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. ^ "Croydon Conservative Councillors elect new leadership team | Croydon Conservatives". 2021-11-17. Archived from the original on 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. ^ "Meet your 2022 Conservative Mayoral Candidate!". Croydon Conservatives. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  4. ^ "Croydon Mayor Election 2022 Candidates and Results". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  5. ^ a b "Mayor of Croydon election results 2026 | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  6. ^ "South Croydon 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results - Local Elections 2018" (PDF). Croydon Council. Retrieved 25 Jun 2018.
  8. ^ "London Borough Election Results 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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