First time visit: View without clicking anything

Kingston Council – www.kingston.gov.uk

Suggest an event – www.kingston.gov.uk

Planning and Building Control – www.kingston.gov.uk

Flooding and drainage – www.kingston.gov.uk

Car Park – www.kingston.gov.uk

Planning – www.kingston.gov.uk

Leaseholders – www.kingston.gov.uk

Local Plan – www.kingston.gov.uk

Pay for PCN – www.kingston.gov.uk

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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December 2025

November 2025

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.kingston.gov.uk/	2
Kingston Council – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/	2
Suggest an event – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/event/new	1
Planning and Building Control – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/planning-development	1
Flooding and drainage – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/flooding-drainage	1
Car Park – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/directory/16/car-park	1
Planning – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/applications	1
Leaseholders – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/leaseholders-1	1
Local Plan – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/policy/new-local-plan	1
Pay for PCN – www.kingston.gov.ukwww.kingston.gov.uk/pay-a-pcn	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Where this issue has occurred