13 Facts About Janet Finch-Saunders

Janet Elizabeth Finch-Saunders was born on 1958 and is a Welsh Conservative Party politician.

Janet Finch-Saunders is the Member of the Senedd for the Aberconwy constituency.

In 2004, Janet Finch-Saunders was elected as the Mayor of Llandudno, following in the footsteps of her parents.

In July 2010, following the first open primary selection to be held in the target seat of Aberconwy, Janet Finch-Saunders was selected as the Conservative Senedd candidate.

Janet Finch-Saunders was elected as the Assembly Member for Aberconwy in the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election.

Janet Finch-Saunders initiated the Cross-Party Group on Small Shops during the Fourth Assembly.

Janet Finch-Saunders served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government from 2011 to 2018, before becoming the party's Shadow Minister for Social Care, Children, Young People, and Older People.

From July 2018 until January 2019, Janet Finch-Saunders employed her husband as office manager.

In 2019, Janet Finch-Saunders was elected Chair of the Petitions Committee.

In 2020, Janet Finch-Saunders was made the Shadow Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

Janet Finch-Saunders is a member of cross party groups on the Active Travel Act, Biodiversity, Clean Air, Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency, Hospice and Palliative Care, North Wales, Older People and Aging, Renewable and Low Carbon Energy, and Small Shops.

An entrepreneur, Janet Finch-Saunders has founded a number of local businesses.

Janet Finch-Saunders owns 7 residential and 4 retail properties and is a trustee of a further two residential properties in Llandudno.