Jason Perry has been declared the first elected Mayor of Croydon after narrowly beating Labour candidate Val Shawcross by just over 580 votes
Mr Perry had been critical of the Labour-run Croydon council during his campaign, saying:"We have had bankruptcy, we have had borrowing, we have had £1.6B in debt - £15,000 an hour borrowed under this council.
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