The 2026 Croydon mayoral election was held on 7 May 2026 to elect the mayor of Croydon, London. The election was on the same day as the local elections in many other parts of the country, including the Croydon local council election.
Incumbent mayor Jason Perry of the Conservative Party won the election with 30.7% of the vote.
Background
The position of Mayor of Croydon was established in 2022; Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won first mayoral election in 2022.
Electoral system The election uses the voting system of first past the post to elect the mayor, having been changed from the supplementary vote system in 2022. In first past the post, there is only one count, and the candidate with the most votes wins. The Electoral Reform Society described the move to first past the post as one lowering the bar for politicians and thus damaging British democracy.
Candidates
The mayoral election had eight candidates. Labour's Rowenna Davis and the Green Party's Peter Underwood were seen as the strongest challengers to the Conservatives' Jason Perry.
In early 2025, Reform UK had selected Sharon Carby as their candidate, however she had reportedly died in September 2024. Ben Flook, a Conservative candidate for Chesterfield at the 2024 general election was selected.
Results by ward As published by Croydon Council.
Addiscombe East
Addiscombe West
Bensham Manor
Broad Green
Coulsdon Town
Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood
Fairfield
Kenley
New Addington North
New Addington South
Norbury & Pollards Hill
Norbury Park
Old Coulsdon
Park Hill & Whitgift
Purley & Woodcote
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Sanderstead
Selhurst
Selsdon & Addington Village
Selsdon Vale & Forestdale
Shirley North
Shirley South
South Croydon
South Norwood
Thornton Heath
Waddon
West Thornton
Woodside
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