Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity

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

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.[2] He retired in 1997.[2]

Davies was named CBE in 1996[3] and created a life peer as Baron Davies of Coity, of Penybont in the County of Mid Glamorgan in 1997.[4] Davis belongs to the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Birthday's 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. 1 2 Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (2002). Dod's parliamentary companion, Volume 184. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. ISBN 0-905702-36-0.
  3. ↑ "Honours for de Angeli and Chandler". The Grocer. 1996-01-06. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Lord Davies of Coity". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  5. ↑ "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. 23 March 2018.
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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