Robin D. Cook

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Robin D. Cook is a British Politician and the current Mayor of Wimborne, Dorset. He has held the position since 2003, before which he was a town councillor.

Employed in the retail sector at an early age, he served an apprenticeship in Harrods. He moved to Dorset in 1972 he joined the Beales group of companies. In 1987 he moved to Wimborne and after a meeting with Bill Tapper (a previous Town Mayor in 1978) led to his joining Tappers, a local firm, as the only non-family director. During the 1990s, He was chairman and president of the Wimborne Minster & District Chamber of Trade and was responsible for designing the current Town Guide, as well as bringing the present Christmas lighting scheme to the town. He was officially elected to the Town Council in 2003. He is married with two daughters, one son and four grandchildren. He is a volunteer at the Priest's House Museum.