Carol Monaghan (born 2 August 1972) is a
Scottish National Party
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(SNP) politician who was elected
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Glasgow North West
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Boundaries
The Glasgow City wards of Anniesland, Blairdardie, Drumry, Hayburn, ...
in the
general election in May 2015. She is the SNP Education spokesperson in the
House of Commons
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.
Education
Monaghan studied at
Strathclyde University
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, graduating with a
BSc (Hons) in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics in 1993.
Career
Monaghan had formerly been a physics teacher at Glasgow west end independent school
The Glasgow Academy
The Glasgow Academy is a coeducational independent day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, it had the third-best Higher level exam results in Scotland. Founded in 1845, it is the oldest continuously fully independent ...
, and head of science at
Hyndland Secondary School
Hyndland Secondary School is a non-denominational state comprehensive school in the Hyndland area of Glasgow, Scotland.
The school provides secondary education for children from the local area, although there are many children from other areas ...
but left the post to concentrate on campaigning before the
2015 general election.
Following the
2017 general election, Monaghan was appointed the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for Education, Armed Forces and Veterans. Monaghan has campaigned for an armed forces representative body on a statutory footing.
Monaghan has campaigned on the issue of research, treatment and attitudes towards
myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), leading two
Westminster Hall
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debates in 2018, and a full debate in the
House of Commons
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in 2019.
Personal life
Monaghan is married to
Glasgow City SNP councillor and physics teacher Feargal Dalton, and they have two daughters and a son from a previous partner.
She is a practising
Roman Catholic
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.
References
External links
Profileon
SNP website
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1972 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
Politicians from Glasgow
Scottish National Party MPs
Scottish Roman Catholics
Scottish schoolteachers
UK MPs 2015–2017
UK MPs 2017–2019
UK MPs 2019–present
21st-century Scottish women politicians
21st-century Scottish politicians