A-Z | Dundee City Council

Lochee Ward Community Clean-Up | Dundee City Council

Boat Hire Licences | Dundee City Council

Countryside Ranger Service | Dundee City Council

Building Standards | Dundee City Council

What's On - Just Added | Dundee City Council

What's On - Sunday 5th October 2025 | Dundee City Council

Bins & Recycling | Dundee City Council

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

January 2026

December 2025

Dundee City Council

Title / URL	Issues
A-Z \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/a2z/k	1
A-Z \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/a2z/p	1
A-Z \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/a2z/m	1
Lochee Ward Community Clean-Up \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/news/article?article_ref=4973	1
Boat Hire Licences \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/licensing/boat-hire-licences	1
Countryside Ranger Service \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/countryside-ranger-service	1
Building Standards \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/service-area/city-development/planning-and-economic-development/building-standards	1
What's On - Just Added \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/justadded	1
What's On - Sunday 5th October 2025 \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/day/2025-10-05	1
Bins & Recycling \| Dundee City Councilwww.dundeecity.gov.uk/services/bins-%26-recycling	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Dundee City Council

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