Bernard Hopkinson Swindell (27 March 1901 – 23 July 1968) was a British trade unionist, who served as chairman of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW).
Swindell was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire on 27 March 1901 as one of ten children.
He left school at the age of thirteen to work in a cotton mill.
He later moved to work in a quarry in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, and became active in the Amalgamated National Union of Quarryworkers and Settmakers.
[1][4] In his spare time, Swindell served as a magistrate, and on his local Rural District Council.