Round one closed, the following three counties are eliminated:
8 Berkshire
6 Buckinghamshire
5 Surrey
The following received points but stay in game:
3 Essex
3 Kent
1 Oxfordshire
1 Rutland
ROUND 2:Eliminate one county in the South West region and one in either of North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber regions, as
per the European NUTS-1 definition (scroll down to see a map for clarifcation)
This is to avoid the usual of all the home counties being eliminated first and have the ones in the West Country and in the North survive until last.
South West: Wiltshire
North: Lancashire