About Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity
Lived 1935 – 2019 (aged 83). Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity was a British politician and trade unionist.
David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, (24 June 1935 – 4 March 2019 ) was a Labour Co-operative peer in the House of Lords and a former trade union leader.
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. He retired in 1997. Davies belonged to the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.
Baron Davies of Coity died on 4 March 2019, aged 83.
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British politician (1935-2019)
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