POLITICS● ELEVATED3h ago · Sep 17, 2026, 6:54 PM

Tiny English village votes overwhelmingly to leave U.K. in protest of nearby asylum seeker housing

CBS News · western europe

Piddington, a tiny English village of 350 people have voted overwhelmingly —285 to 26 — to "leave" the United Kingdom in a symbolic referendum over plans to house around 1,250 male asylum seekers at a military site less than a mile away. The vote had no legal force, but drew a 92% turnout.

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