Jason Perry | |
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.png.webp) Perry in 2021 | |
| Mayor of Croydon | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2022 | |
| Deputy | Lynne Hale |
| Preceded by | Office established Hamida Ali (as Leader of the Council) |
| Majority | 589 |
| Leader of the Opposition of London Borough of Croydon Council | |
| In office 2 September 2020 – 9 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Pollard |
| Succeeded by | Stuart King |
| Member of Croydon Council for South Croydon ward | |
| In office 3 May 2018 – 9 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ward created |
| Succeeded by | Danielle Denton |
| Member of Croydon Council for Croham ward | |
| In office 6 May 2002 – 3 May 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Member of Croydon Council for Coulsdon East ward | |
| In office 2 May 1994 – 6 May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Pelling |
| Succeeded by | Brian A. Udell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jason Stephen Perry Croydon, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Jason Stephen Perry is a Conservative Party politician who has served as the directly elected 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]
He 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. Following a selection held in October 2021 he was selected as Croydon Conservatives prospective candidate for the newly created position of Mayor of Croydon.[3] He was elected on 5 May 2022, defeating Labour Candidate, former deputy Mayor of London Val Shawcross, by a narrow margin of 589 votes after the second round.[4]
First elected in 1994, Perry served on Croydon Council for 28 years before being elected Mayor. 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.
Electoral history
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.
| 2022 Croydon Mayoral election | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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
| 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
| 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% |  25.94% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,318 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2010 election
| 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% |  25.64% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,309 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2006 election
| 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% | 2.7% | ||
| Registered electors | 10,785 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2002 election
| 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 | 1.3% | ||
| Registered electors | 10,639 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
1998 election
| 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
| 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
- ↑ "Jason Perry elected as first mayor in historic night for Croydon". Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Croydon Conservative Councillors elect new leadership team | Croydon Conservatives". 2021-11-17. Archived from the original on 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Meet your 2022 Conservative Mayoral Candidate!". Croydon Conservatives. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Croydon Mayor Election 2022 Candidates and Results". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "South Croydon 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ↑ "Declaration of Results - Local Elections 2018" (PDF). Croydon Council. Retrieved 25 Jun 2018.
- ↑ "London Borough Election Results 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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