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
Born	24 June 1935
Died	4 March 2019 (aged 83)
Political party	Labour 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]