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When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

October 2025

September 2025

Liverpool Hope University

Title / URL	Issues
Undergraduate courseswww.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/	82
Partnershipswww.hope.ac.uk/education/partnerships/	2
Our researchwww.hope.ac.uk/psychology/ourresearch/	1
Undergraduatewww.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/	1
FAQswww.hope.ac.uk/international/faqs/	1
Study with uswww.hope.ac.uk/businessschool/studywithus/	1
Summer Study Abroadwww.hope.ac.uk/international/summerstudyabroad/	1
Alumniwww.hope.ac.uk/alumni/	1
Visit uswww.hope.ac.uk/visitus/	1
Postgraduate Researchwww.hope.ac.uk/postgraduateresearch/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Liverpool Hope University

Where this issue has occurred