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Residents of an Oxfordshire village have voted to become independent from the UK in a symbolic referendum held in protest at plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a former military base.
Village votes to leave UK over asylum housing plan
Villagers in Piddington, near Bicester, voted on Tuesday over Home Office proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at nearby MoD Bicester.
The 350 residents were invited to cast their ballot in a small box outside the village hall—the community hub of Piddington.
Out of 312 votes cast, 285 voted to leave, there were 26 no votes, and one ballot paper was spoiled.
Susannah Parden, vice chair of the parish council, delivered the result: "We are Piddington the village that roars."
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