Merge of County articles

I will be proposing that all the County articles in England be merged into several articles, representing the 9 official regions of England. This involves the following articles:-

 Cleveland Scout County (The Scout Association)Durham Scout County (The Scout Association)  Northumberland Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in North East England covering North East England.
 Cumbria Scout County (The Scout Association) Cheshire Scout County (The Scout Association)  East Lancashire Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater Manchester East Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater Manchester North Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater Manchester West Scout County (The Scout Association) Merseyside Scout County (The Scout Association) West Lancashire Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in North West England covering North West England.
 Central Yorkshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Humberside Scout County (The Scout Association) possibly part of Lincolnshire Scout County (The Scout Association) North Yorkshire Scout County (The Scout Association) South Yorkshire Scout County (The Scout Association) West Yorkshire Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in Yorkshire and the Humber covering Yorkshire and the Humber.
 Derbyshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Leicestershire Scout County (The Scout Association) Lincolnshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Northamptonshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Nottinghamshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Rutland Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in East Midlands covering East Midlands.
 Birmingham Scout County (The Scout Association) City of Coventry Scout County (The Scout Association) Hereford and Worcester Scout County (The Scout Association) Shropshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Staffordshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Warwickshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Solihull Scout County (The Scout Association) West Mercia Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in West Midlands covering West Midlands.
 Bedfordshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Cambridgeshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Essex Scout County (The Scout Association) Hertfordshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Norfolk Scout County (The Scout Association) Suffolk Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in East of England covering East of England.
 Greater London Middlesex West Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater London North Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater London North East Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater London South Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater London South East Scout County (The Scout Association) Greater London South West Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in Greater London covering Greater London.
 Royal Berkshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Buckinghamshire Scout County (The Scout Association) East Sussex Scout County (The Scout Association) Hampshire Scout County (The Scout Association)   Isle of Wight Scout County (The Scout Association) Kent Scout County (The Scout Association)Oxfordshire Scout County (The Scout Association) Surrey Scout County (The Scout Association) West Sussex Scout County (The Scout Association) merged toScouting in South East England covering South East England.
 Avon Scout County (The Scout Association) Cornwall Scout County (The Scout Association)   Devon Scout County (The Scout Association) Dorset Scout County (The Scout Association) Gloucestershire Scout County (The Scout Association)  Somerset Scout County (The Scout Association) Wiltshire Scout County (The Scout Association) merged to Scouting in South West England covering South West England

This is in accordance with the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting#Structural changes UK. The idea is to use the 12 regions defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics shown in the image on the right that shows the 9 regions of England, to which Wales, Scotland and Northern Island are added. This process is completed fo