Jason Stephen Perry is a Conservative Party politician who has served as the Mayor of Croydon, a borough within London, since 2022. 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.
Political career 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. 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. He was re-elected in 2026 with 30.5% of the vote, beating the second-place candidate, Rowenna Davis, by 1,113 votes.
Electoral history 2026 election
2022 election 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.
2018 election
2014 election
2010 election
2006 election
2002 election
1998 election
1994 election
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