the FA Cup. Motor cycle racing was staged at Walton Bridge in October 1938. An event was staged on October 30 records that Walton Bridge raced a team from Hounslow at a venue described as Walton Bridge Speedway (on the programme). It is not clear if the event was a grass track meeting or a speedway meeting. Local politics Walton-on-Thames is part of the parliamentary constituency of Esher and Walton, which is a marginal Conservative seat. The current MP is Dominic Raab. In local elections, recent contests for seats on Elmbridge Borough Council and Surrey County Council have been between the local Conservatives and the local Residents Association, the Walton Society. The Walton Society was founded in 1975 by the writer and intellectual Ronald Segal, and entered local politics in 1980 with Gordon Chubb who served until his death in 2006. At one point there were nine Society councillors in all four Walton wards during the period of Residents Groups' control of Elmbridge from the 1990s to 2006. Following the 2012 elections, the Society holds all three Walton Central seats, with the Conservatives holding all eight seats in the Ambleside, North and South wards. Walton's most recent Labour councillor was defeated in 2000. From 2005 to 2013 the Walton division of Surrey County Council was held by the Walton Society's Tom Phelps-Penry. Upon his retirement at the 2013 elections, the seat was gained by Conservative Rachael Lake who had previously held the seat from 1997 to 2005. The Walton South & Oatlands division has been Conservative held since it was created in 1973. Notable people The following were born in Walton: Julie Andrews, actress, singer and author, in 1935. George Brydges Rodney (1718–1792), Royal Navy Admiral. John Carver Meadows Frost, aircraft designer, in 1915. Samuel Croxall (c. 1690–1752), noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Milly Dowler (1988–2002), school student murdered by Levi Bellfield. Sean Emmett, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, in 1970. Susan Ertz (1894–1985), author. Bede Griffiths, theologian and mystic, in 1906. Luke Haines, pop musician, in 1967. Fred Atkins (1859–1881) a Police Constable whose murder on Kingston Hill remained unsolved and who is buried in the local cemetery. Nick Lowe, singer-songwriter, musician and producer, in 1949. Natascha McElhone, actress, in 1971. Ian Rank-Broadley, sculptor and designer of previous British coinage, in 1952. Julian Russell Story, American painter, in 1857. Danny Sapsford, tennis player, in 1969. John Somers-Smith,