Residents in Piddington have voted in a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK amid local concern over proposals to accommodate asylum seekers nearby.
The vote was held in response to plans involving housing for up to 1,256 male asylum seekers in the area. The material available does not provide a detailed result, turnout figure or breakdown of how residents voted, but states that the village backed leaving the UK in the symbolic poll.
The referendum was symbolic, meaning it was presented as an expression of local feeling rather than a formal constitutional process. No information has been provided indicating that the vote has any legal force or that it would alter Piddington’s status.
The issue centres on the proposed accommodation of asylum seekers near the village. The available information identifies the group as male asylum seekers and gives the maximum number under consideration as 1,256, but does not include further details about the site, timetable, decision-making process or which public bodies are responsible for the proposal.
No official responses, statements from residents, government comment or reaction from organisations involved in asylum accommodation were included in the supplied material.
The latest known position is that Piddington residents have taken part in the symbolic vote, with the underlying asylum housing proposal still the issue driving local opposition.
