Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity

David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, CBE (24 June 1935[1] – 4 March 2019 [2]) was a Labour Co-operative peer in the House of Lords and a former trade union leader.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Davies of Coity

CBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1 October 1997 – 4 March 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born24 June 1935
Died4 March 2019 (aged 83)
Political partyLabour Co-operative

Biography

Davies left school at 15 and worked as an electrician, serving in the Royal Air Force 1956–58. In 1969 he became a full-time trade union official with USDAW and rose through the ranks, becoming General Secretary of the union in 1986.[3] He retired in 1997.[3]

Davies was named CBE in 1996 and created a life peer as Baron Davies of Coity, of Penybont in the County of Mid Glamorgan on 1 October 1997.[4][5] Davies belonged to the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.[6]

Baron Davies of Coity died on 4 March 2019, aged 83.[7]

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References
  1. "Birthdays today". The Telegraph. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014. Lord Davies of Coity, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, 1986–97, 78
  2. "Death of a Member: Lord Davies of Coity - Announcement". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (2002). Dod's parliamentary companion, Volume 184. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. ISBN 0-905702-36-0.
  4. "No. 54911". The London Gazette. 6 October 1997. p. 11235.
  5. "Lord Davies of Coity". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  6. "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. 23 March 2018.
  7. Usdaw mourns the passing of a former general secretary Lord Davies of Coity RIP
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Bill Whatley		 General Secretary of USDAW
1986–1997		 Succeeded by
Bill Connor
Preceded by
Ada Maddocks		 Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO
1993		 Succeeded by
Tyrone O'Sullivan


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