Tributes have been paid to a long-standing town councillor who served as mayor on three occasions. Richard Parry was first elected to Sevenoaks Town Council in 1999 as a Conservative and held the position until 2023. Town clerk Linda Larter said: “Richard was a very active and dedicated councillor both at Sevenoaks council and Kent County Council, he always wanted the town council to ‘punch above its weight’. “He was instrumental in many of the town council projects, probably the most ambitious being taking over the Stag theatre, restoring Bat and Ball Station, and building the Bat and Ball Ce…