Piddington Holds Symbolic Vote to Protest Planned Asylum Housing
The vote took place Tuesday after the Home Office proposed housing up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at a former Defense Ministry facility near Bicester. The planned accommodation has prompted concern among some local residents.
Around 350 villagers were eligible to participate in the unofficial referendum, which was arranged by the local parish council and held outside the village hall.
Of the 312 ballots submitted, 285 supported the proposal for Piddington to leave the UK.
Announcing the outcome, parish council vice chair Susannah Parden said: "We are Piddington, the village that roars."
Parish council chair Tim McNally described the vote as an expression of local democratic participation.
"This is an example of democracy in operation.
"We went into this village hall as the underdogs - we had a plucky idea. We have given a message to the world."
The dispute follows a decision announced by the UK Home Office in January to use a site known as Site A to accommodate migrants. The facility is situated on the former Bicester Garrison grounds between Piddington and Upper Arncott.
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