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==Local government areas==
Heraldic bearings are granted to individuals and corporations by the [[Lord Lyon]] in Scotland and by the [[College of Arms]] in England, [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]] on behalf of the sovereign as the ''fount of all honours''. Local authority flags come within this category when based on the arms granted to that authority, and such a flag is the authority's personal property, representing that authority rather than its area.
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| {{ListFlag|Hertsflag.jpg}} || November 2008 || [[Flag of Hertfordshire]]{{ref|b|coa}} || Against eight blue and white wavy lines, representing the county's rivers, a gold shield bearing a resting deer or hart. (Also used as a county flag.)<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
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| {{ListFlag|County Flag of Leicestershire.png}} || || Flag of [[Leicestershire]] Council <br /> || The flag is divided into four quarters. The first quarter is a cinquefol, or five within a red circle, the second quarter is charged a white lion with two tails on a red ground, the third quarter shows an ermine plume on a red ground and the fourth shows a black maunch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/your_council/about_leicestershire/civic_function/countyflag.htm |title=County Flag of Leicestershire |website=Leicestershire County Council |date=8 March 2012 |accessdate=14 November 2012}}</ref>
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| {{ListFlag|County Flag of Merseyside.svg}} || || Flag of the former [[Merseyside]] Council || The waves represent the River Mersey; the six golden mural crowns represent the six County Boroughs—[[County Borough of Birkenhead|Birkenhead]], [[County Borough of Bootle|Bootle]], [[Liverpool]], [[County Borough of Southport|Southport]], [[County Borough of St Helens|St Helens]], and [[County Borough of Wallasey|Wallasey]]—that Merseyside was created from..
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