Bert Hazell was a Labour Party politician and trade union activist. He became a District Organiser within the Yorkshire County Committee in the 1930s, after which he moved to Acomb, York. He was the president of the National Union of Agricultural Workers, and then the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers between 1966 and 1978. Having previously campaigned unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate, he became the Labour Party MP for North Norfolk and retained this position until 1970.
He was made an MBE in 1946 for services to agriculture, and a CBE in 1962 for services as chairman of the regional board for industry.
Later in life Hazell sat on committees within York, including the North Yorkshire Manpower Services Commission and the York Health Board.