Piddington votes to leave UK over plans for migrant camp Oxfordshire village passes symbolic referendum held to protest against plans to house 1,200 asylum seekers nearby Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor Show biography Updated 16 September 2026 7:27am BST Published 16 September 2026 6:50am BST A village in Oxfordshire has voted to leave the UK in a symbolic referendum in response to plans to house 1,200 migrants next door. Residents in Piddington voted 285 to 26 to “secede from the UK and pursue self-determination” after the Government announced plans to convert a former army garrison into a camp for 1,256 male asylum seekers. The result was declared by Susannah Parden, a parish councillor, just after 7am on Wednesday, based on a turnout of nearly 92 per cent. The referendum carried no legal or constitutional weight, but villagers wanted to register their concerns about the threat that the camp represented to their way of life. Residents have said the male migrants would outnum...
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