Students at the University of Oxford have voted to ban a controversial Christian group from one of their colleges because it would threaten their “physical and mental safety”.

The JCR at Lady Margaret Hall voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning Christian Concern from hosting a residential summer camp on the premises because their values do not align with those of the college.

Christian Concern members have protested outside abortion clinics and its founder Andrea Williams believes in the criminalisation of homosexuality.

She has also claimed that the earth is only 4,000 years old, rather than the 4.5 billion years accepted by the science community.

The group wanted to host its residential camp for young people, which aims to “train and equip the invited students on what it means to proclaim Christ in public life,” but JCR members voted to reject the residency by a margin of 81 votes to eight, with two abstentions.