Paul Monaghan
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Dr Paul Monaghan MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Thurso |
| Majority | 3,844 (11.2%) |
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11 November 1965 Montrose, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie Anderson |
| Children | Sian |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
| Website | paulmonaghan |
Paul William Monaghan (born 1966) is a Scottish National Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, elected in 2015.
Before beginning his political career, he gained a PhD in social policy then worked in various planning and management positions.
Monaghan was born in Montrose, before moving to Inverness at the age of two with his family. He was educated at Inverness Royal Academy and at the University of Stirling, where he gained a first class honours degree in Psychology and Sociology and a PhD in Social Policy. He is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.
In the mid-1990s, he was employed with his family-run care home, the Balmoral Lodge Eventide Residential Home at Strathpeffer. The care home was deregistered in June 1995. Prior to this several of the twenty members of staff had left or were suspended before then making complaints. The police had investigated a complaint and released a statement that nothing of a criminal nature was revealed.
Monaghan was employed as Head of Planning and Development at Northern Constabulary. In 2008, the force had detained him for a few hours as part of their investigation into an internal email; they suspected Monaghan had been involved with circulating a questionnaire in response to an internal review that was seeking to reduce the divisional areas from eight to three. After six years working for the force, this triggered his resignation.
Prior to being elected as MP he was a director of the Highland Homeless Trust.
Monaghan is currently a board member of UHI North Highland College.
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