National Assembly for Wales

Assembly Member Biographies

Janet Ryder

Janet Ryder AM / AC

North Wales

Plaid Cymru

Chair of the Subordinate Legislation Committee

Biography

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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Contact details

e-mail: janet.ryder@wales.gov.uk

Janet Ryder AM,
The Machine,
65 Well Street,
Ruthin
LL15 1AG
Tel: 01824 704625
Fax: 01824 702739

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2007 Election Results

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