Jason Perry (politician)

Mayor Jason Perry
Perry in 2021
Mayor of Croydon
Incumbent
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.