Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity

(David) Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, CBE (born 1935) 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.^[1] He retired in 1997.^[1]

Davies was awarded the OBE in 1996.^[2] He was created a life peer as Baron Davies of Coity, of Penybont in the County of Mid Glamorgan in 1997.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (2002). Dod's parliamentary companion, Volume 184. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. ISBN 0905702360. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yaGIAAAAMAAJ. 
2. ^ "Honours for de Angeli and Chandler". The Grocer. 1996-01-06. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17906255.html. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
3. ^ "Lord Davies of Coity". Parliament of the United Kingdom. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-davies/26976. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 

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Preceded by ?	General Secretary of USDAW 1986–1997	Succeeded by Bill Connor

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Name	Davies, Garfield Baron Davies of Coity
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Date of birth	1935
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