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{{Short description|British politician}}
{{notability|1=Biographies|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Mayor]]
| name = Jason Perry
| image = File:Jason Perry (cropped).png
| caption = Perry in 2021
| office = [[Mayor of Croydon]]
| term_start = 9 May 2022
| term_end =
| majority = 589
| deputy = Lynne Hale
| predecessor = [[Mayor of Croydon#Referendum|''Office established'']] <br> {{small|Hamida Ali (as Leader of the Council)}}
| office2 = Leader of the Opposition of [[Croydon London Borough Council|London Borough of Croydon Council]]
| term_start2 = 2 September 2020
| term_end2 = 9 May 2022
| predecessor2 = Tim Pollard
| successor2 = Stuart King
| office3 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] for [[South Croydon (ward)|South Croydon ward]]
| term_start3 = 3 May 2018
| term_end3 = 9 May 2022
| predecessor3 = ''Ward created''
| successor3 = Danielle Denton
| office4 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] for [[Croham (ward)|Croham ward]]
| term_start4 = 6 May 2002
| term_end4 = 3 May 2018
| successor4 = ''Ward abolished''
| office5 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] for [[Coulsdon East (ward)|Coulsdon East ward]]
| term_start5 = 2 May 1994
| term_end5 = 6 May 2002
| predecessor5 = [[Andrew Pelling]]
| successor5 = Brian A. Udell
| birth_name = Jason Stephen Perry
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[London]], England
| spouse =
| children = 2
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater =
| website = {{Official website|http://www.jasonperry.uk/}}
| awards =
}}


'''Jason Stephen Perry''' is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who has served as the directly elected [[Mayor of Croydon]], a Borough within [[London]], since 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Perry elected as first mayor in historic night for Croydon |url=https://news.croydon.gov.uk/jason-perry-elected-as-first-mayor-in-historic-night-for-croydon/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Newsroom |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Croydon Conservative Councillors elect new leadership team {{!}} Croydon Conservatives |url=https://www.croydonconservatives.com/news/croydon-conservative-councillors-elect-new-leadership-team |access-date=2022-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117104932/https://www.croydonconservatives.com/news/croydon-conservative-councillors-elect-new-leadership-team |archive-date=2021-11-17 }}</ref>
{{short description|British Conservative politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}


He has been a councillor on [[Croydon London Borough Council]] since 1994, representing [[Coulsdon East (ward)|Coulsdon East]] from 1994 to 2002, [[Croham (ward)|Croham]] from 2002 to 2018 and [[South Croydon (ward)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet your 2022 Conservative Mayoral Candidate! |url=https://www.croydonconservatives.com/news/meet-your-2022-conservative-mayoral-candidate |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Croydon Conservatives |date=12 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Croydon Mayor Election 2022 Candidates and Results |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2022/england/mayors/E09000008 |access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref>
{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = [[Councillor|Cllr]]
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.
| name = Jason Perry

| image = Jason Perry.png
==Electoral history==
| caption = Perry in 2021
=== 2022 election ===
| office = Leader of the Opposition of [[Croydon London Borough Council|London Borough of Croydon Council]]
''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.''
| term_start = 2 Sep 2020

| term_end =
{{Election box supplementary vote begin
| predecessor = Tim Pollard
| title = [[Mayor_of_Croydon#2022|2022 Croydon Mayoral election]] }}
| successor =
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| office1 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] <br> for [[South Croydon (ward)|South Croydon ward]]
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| alongside1 = [[Maria Gatland]] & Michael Neal
| term_start1 = 3 May 2018
| candidate = Jason Perry
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| term_end1 =
| majority1 = 475
| r1votes = 33413
| r1votespercent = 34.8
| predecessor1 = ''Ward created''
| successor1 =
| r2votes = 5199
| totalpercent = 50.4
| office2 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] <br> for [[Croham (ward)|Croham ward]]
| term_start2 = 6 May 2002
| term_end2 = 3 May 2018
| majority2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = ''Ward abolished''
| office3 = Member of [[Croydon London Borough Council|Croydon Council]] <br> for [[Coulsdon East (ward)|Coulsdon East ward]]
| term_start3 = 2 May 1994
| term_end3 = 6 May 2002
| majority3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Andrew Pelling]]
| successor3 = Brian A. Udell
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age||||df=yes}} -->
| birth_place = [[Croydon, London]], UK
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse =
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| website = https://www.jasonperry.uk
}}
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Labour and Co-operative
| candidate = [[Val Shawcross]]
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 31352
| r1votespercent = 32.7
| r2votes = 6671
| totalpercent = 49.6
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Richard Howard
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 9967
| r1votespercent = 10.4
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = [[Andrew Pelling]]
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 6807
| r1votespercent = 7.1
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Peter Underwood
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 6193
| r1votespercent = 6.5
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Taking the Initiative Party
| candidate = Farah London
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 5768
| r1votespercent = 6.0
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = [[Winston McKenzie]]
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 1324
| r1votespercent = 1.4
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Gavin Palmer
| fullwidthvotes = 38612
| r1votes = 1114
| r1votespercent = 1.2
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote total
| votes = 97,458
| percentage =
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{{Election box supplementary vote registered electors
| reg. electors = 280,960
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote win
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| loser =
}}
{{Election box end}}


'''Jason Stephen Perry''' is a [[Conservative Party (UK)]] politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition of the [[Croydon London Borough Council]] and Leader of the Croydon Council Conservative Group since September 2020. He had been a Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Croydon Conservative Councillors elect new leadership team|url=https://www.croydonconservatives.com/news/croydon-conservative-councillors-elect-new-leadership-team|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Croydon Conservatives|language=en}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title =[[2022 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2022]]: [[South Croydon (ward)|South Croydon]] (3)<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Croydon 2022 election results {{!}} Croydon Council |url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/council-and-elections/voting-and-elections/mayor-croydon-and-croydon-council-elections/5-may-2022-election-results/south-croydon-2022-election-results |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.croydon.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Maria Gatland]]*
|votes = 1,898
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Perry*
|votes = 1,872
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Neal*
|votes = 1,688
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Bridget Galloway|votes=1,378|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joshua Andrew|votes=1,359|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Tariq Hafeez|votes=1,196|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steve Harris|votes=682|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Martin Drake|votes=668|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Michael Bishopp|votes=659|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nayan Patel|votes=605|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Keith Miller|votes=529|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Marc Richards|votes=508|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Kathleen Garner|votes=117|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=4,788|percentage=38.41|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}


=== 2018 election ===
He has been a councillor on [[Croydon London Borough Council]] since 1994, representing [[Coulsdon East (ward)|Coulsdon East]] from 1994 to 2002, [[Croham (ward)|Croham]] from 2002 to 2018 and [[South Croydon (ward)|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]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet your 2022 Conservative Mayoral Candidate!|url=https://www.croydonconservatives.com/news/meet-your-2022-conservative-mayoral-candidate|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Croydon Conservatives|language=en}}</ref>.


{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2018]]: [[South Croydon (ward)|South Croydon]] (3)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Declaration%20of%20Results%20-%20Local%20elections%202018.pdf|title=Declaration of Results - Local Elections 2018|website=Croydon Council|access-date=25 Jun 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Maria Gatland]]
|votes = 2,345
|percentage = 18.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Neal
|votes = 2,169
|percentage = 16.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Perry
|votes = 2,108
|percentage = 16.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stella Nabukeera
|votes = 1,633
|percentage = 12.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Dimas Hill
|votes = 1,606
|percentage = 12.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Martin Waddell
|votes = 1,575
|percentage = 12.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Stephen Harris
|votes = 442
|percentage = 3.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michael Thomas Albert Bishopp
|votes = 438
|percentage = 3.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Saima Raza
|votes = 395
|percentage = 3.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Marc Richards
|votes = 339
|percentage = 2.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Toby William Keynes
|votes = 294
|percentage = 2.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mark Robin Lionel Samuel
|votes = 104
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 475
|percentage = 3.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,719
|percentage = 40.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,774
}}

{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 election ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2014]]: [[Croham (ward)|Croham]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://files.datapress.com/london/dataset/borough-council-election-results-2014/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2014.pdf|title=London Borough Election Results 2014|website=London Datastore|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Maria Gatland]]
|votes = 2,042
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Neal
|votes = 1,910
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Perry
|votes = 1,803
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Clark
|votes = 1,100
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Waddell
|votes = 1,099
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Claudine Reid
|votes = 1,011
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Kathleen Garner
|votes = 629
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michael Bishopp
|votes = 587
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tracey Hague
|votes = 515
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ben Devlin
|votes = 505
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Jefkins
|votes = 500
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gordon Halliday
|votes = 479
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sasha Khan
|votes = 474
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Putting Croydon First
|candidate = Mark Samuel
|votes = 191
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tony Martin
|votes = 97
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,315
|percentage = 41.10%
|change = {{decrease}} 25.94%
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,318
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

=== 2010 election ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2010]]: [[Croham (ward)|Croham]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Maria Gatland]]
|votes = 3,389
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Neal
|votes = 3,070
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Perry
|votes = 2,804
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Natalie Allen
|votes = 1,806
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Jefkins
|votes = 1,795
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Camden
|votes = 1,778
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Rix
|votes = 1,758
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Angus
|votes = 1,512
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Bonner
|votes = 1,343
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Stephen Harris
|votes = 538
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Muriel Passmore
|votes = 507
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = William Bailey
|votes = 444
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Marc Richards
|votes = 433
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Putting Croydon First
|candidate = Mark Samuel
|votes = 218
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,582
|percentage = 67.04%
|change = {{increase}} 25.64%
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,309
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

=== 2006 election ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2006]]: [[Croham (ward)|Croham]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=[[Maria Gatland]]
|votes=2,590
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate= Michael Neal
|votes=2,418
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate= Jason Perry
|votes=2,378
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Michael Bishopp
|votes=861
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Sheelagh Crampton
|votes=739
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Laura Doughty
|votes=722
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Paul Anderson
|votes=697
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Edward Maxfield
|votes=609
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Stephen Harris
|votes=569
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=James Mburu
|votes=566
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate=William Bailey
|votes=206
|percentage=
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The People's Choice
|candidate = Evelyn Lane
|votes = 113
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The People's Choice
|candidate = Debra Cannam
|votes = 112
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The People's Choice
|candidate = Mark Samuel
|votes = 96
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=4,460
|percentage=41.4%
|change= {{increase}} 2.7%
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,785
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

=== 2002 election ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 Croydon London Borough Council election|Croydon Council Election 2002]]: [[Croham (ward)|Croham]] (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maria R. Gatland
|votes = 2,100
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason S. Perry
|votes = 2,008
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael A. Neal
|votes = 1,984
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham T. Dare
|votes = 1,232
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sarah J. Newton
|votes = 1,192
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gavin T. Howard-Jones
|votes = 1,171
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Laura T. Doughty
|votes = 681
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen C. Moyse
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Mayor
Jason Perry
Perry in 2021
Mayor of Croydon
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 for South Croydon ward
In office
3 May 2018 – 9 May 2022
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byDanielle Denton
Member of Croydon Council for Croham ward
In office
6 May 2002 – 3 May 2018
Succeeded byWard abolished
Member of Croydon Council for Coulsdon East ward
In office
2 May 1994 – 6 May 2002
Preceded byAndrew Pelling
Succeeded byBrian A. Udell
Personal details
Born
Jason Stephen Perry

Croydon, London, England
Political partyConservative
Children2
WebsiteOfficial 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
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
​​
Liberal Democrats Richard Howard 9,967 10.4%
​​
Independent Andrew Pelling 6,807 7.1%
​​
Green Peter Underwood 6,193 6.5%
​​
Taking the Initiative Farah London 5,768 6.0%
​​
Independent Winston McKenzie 1,324 1.4%
​​
Independent Gavin Palmer 1,114 1.2%
​​
Total votes 97,458
Registered electors 280,960
Conservative win
Croydon Council Election 2022: South Croydon (3)[5]
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

Croydon Council Election 2018: South Croydon (3)[6]
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

Croydon Council Election 2014: Croham[7]
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

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

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

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

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

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

  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. ^ "South Croydon 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results - Local Elections 2018" (PDF). Croydon Council. Retrieved 25 Jun 2018.
  7. ^ "London Borough Election Results 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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