The Lord Davies of Coity | |
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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 |
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.
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]
Lord Davies of Coity, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, 1986–97, 78
The Lord Davies of Coity | |
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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 |
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.
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]
Lord Davies of Coity, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, 1986–97, 78