Have your say | Medway Council

Heritage news | Medway Council

Housing | Medway Council

Sitemap | Medway Council

Gillingham Park and play area | Medway Council

Events at Pottery Road Recreation Ground | Medway Council

This month’s events | Medway Council

Events at Hoo Library | Medway Council

Medway Council Homepage

News archive | Medway 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.

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Title / URL	Issues
Have your say \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/info/200849/have_your_say	1
Heritage news \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/news/200183/heritage	1
Housing \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/info/200134/housing	1
Sitemap \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/sitemap	1
Gillingham Park and play area \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/directory_record/487/gillingham_park	1
Events at Pottery Road Recreation Ground \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/site/scripts/events_info.php?locationID=79	1
This month’s events \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/events/this_month	1
Events at Hoo Library \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/site/scripts/events_info.php?locationID=9	1
Medway Council Homepagewww.medway.gov.uk/	1
News archive \| Medway Councilwww.medway.gov.uk/news/archive	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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