Jason Perry | |
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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.
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 | 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 | | ||
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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