three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (25.5%), the Green Party (10.3%) and the FDP.The Liberals (9.4%). In the federal election, a total of 314 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 32.2%. Economy , Péry had an unemployment rate of 1.71%. , there were a total of 317 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 180 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 119 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 30 businesses in this sector. there were a total of 282 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 167 of which 138 or (82.6%) were in manufacturing and 8 (4.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 103. In the tertiary sector; 19 or 18.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 32 or 31.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 11.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 3.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 10.7% were in education and 4 or 3.9% were in health care. , there were 226 workers who commuted into the municipality and 511 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 19.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.7% used a private car. Religion From the , 318 or 23.8% were Roman Catholic, while 751 or 56.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.15% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 86 individuals (or about 6.44% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and 11 (or about 0.82% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 146 (or about 10.94% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 61 individuals (or about 4.57% of the population)