Jason Perry | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Jason_Perry_(cropped).png) 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.
- ^ "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.