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Liz Davies KC (born 1963) is a British barrister, author and political activist who advocates socialist feminism.Liz Davies "In praise of feminism", Morning Star, 22 March 2013 She is the daughter of the Oxford academic and historian of Tudor England, C. S. L. Davies.
Davies is the co-author of Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice. She was a finalist for the Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award in 2014.
She was elected as a member of the NEC in October 1998 on the Grassroots Alliance slate, serving on the body for two years, an experience recounted in her book, Through the Looking Glass, published in 2001.Liz Davies Through the Looking Glass, London: Verso, 2001
Later, after resigning from the Labour Party, she joined the Socialist Alliance in 2001, becoming the organisation's chair for nine months. She resigned from the SA in 2002 over claims of financial "bad practice" "Executive wake-up call" , Weekly Worker, 454, October 31, 2002 and frustration at the way the Socialist Workers Party's leadership had involved itself in the organisation's activities. "A Spin too Far", Sign of the Times seminar, February 24, 2002 (subsequently updated).
She was chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers between 2006 and 2014 and is now Honorary Vice-President of the Society. As chair, she organised the Commission of Inquiry into Legal Aid, leading to the publication of Unequal Before the Law, and held an international conference "Defending Human Rights Defenders." She re-joined the Labour Party in 2015 and was secretary of Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP between 2017–2018. She is now an active member of Southampton Test CLP. She has been a member of Unite the Union (formerly T&GWU) since 1989.
Liz Davies' partner was the American-born political activist and writer Mike Marqusee,Mike Marqusee , MikeMarqusee.com, 10 January 2013 who died in January 2015.
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