Greenheart

Council homes

Volunteering

Community funding

Digital Wigan

Education Business Intelligence Unit (EBIU)

Affordable Home Ownership Hub

Wigan Borough Communities Teams

Marking 50 Years of Wigan Borough

Local Kitchen

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

August 2025

July 2025

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Greenheartwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Leisure/Greenheart/Greenheart.aspx	3
Council homeswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Council-homes/index.aspx	2
Volunteeringwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Volunteering/index.aspx	1
Community fundingwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Communities/Funding/index.aspx	1
Digital Wiganwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Digital-Wigan/index.aspx	1
Education Business Intelligence Unit (EBIU)www.wigan.gov.uk/Business/School-services/Index.aspx	1
Affordable Home Ownership Hubwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/index.aspx	1
Wigan Borough Communities Teamswww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Communities/index.aspx	1
Marking 50 Years of Wigan Boroughwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/50Years/index.aspx	1
Local Kitchenwww.wigan.gov.uk/Business/Local-Kitchen/Index.aspx	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred