Born in 1955 in Sunderland, she moved to Wales in 1990 and has since learnt Welsh. Until being elected as an Assembly Member she was a Denbighshire County Councillor (1995-99). Elected to Rhuthun Town Council in 1993, Janet was Mayor of Rhuthun twice (1998-2000). A former teacher and youth worker, she has been a Director on the Board of Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council.

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Name(s)	Party	Number of votes for Party	% of votes
Brynle Williams Mark Isherwood	Welsh Conservative Party	50266	25.6
Janet Ryder	Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales	50558	25.7
Eleanor Burnham	Welsh Liberal Democrats	15275	7.8