Lee Cook

 (born 1987) is a former town councillor in Peterlee and a former Mayor of Peterlee. He held the latter position between May 2017 and August 2017. Cook is also a convicted sex offender and suffers from epilepsy.

In early August 2017, Cook was snared in a sting by Guardians of the North after grooming and arranging to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old boy. Cook was later arrested and charged, following which he resigned as a town councillor in Peterlee and the Mayor of Peterlee. He was bailed on the condition that he has no unsupervised contact with any child under the age of 16, directly or indirectly, including social media.

As a result of his actions in regards to Cook grooming and arranging to meet the purported 15-year-old boy, he was jailed for 12 months and ordered to sign the sex offenders' register. In addition, he was banned from using apps such as Grindr by a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Cook was sentenced by Recorder Peter Makepeace, and a person called Robin Turton prosecuted during the trial.