Elections and Voting – South Ribble

Proxy vote | South Ribble

Dropped needles and syringes | South Ribble

Recycling and Waste – South Ribble

Apply to be a postal voter | Apply to vote by post | South Ribble

Bin collection days | South Ribble

Garden waste collection service | South Ribble

Missed bin collections | South Ribble

How and where to vote | South Ribble

New, lost, stolen or damaged bins | South Ribble

To comply with WCAG 2.1, fields must identify what their purpose is _programmatically_. If done correctly,
this allows browsers to help users fill in forms with known information, such as their name and email address.

This is accomplished via the `autocomplete` attribute, which should be set to a 
[supported value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete) wherever
appropriate, e.g. 

```html
<label for="name">
  First Name
</label>
<input id="name" type="text" autocomplete="given-name">
```

For fields where `autocomplete` is not appropriate, e.g. due to security, or the field not matching the
specification, the specific field should be ignored.

## Methodology

* All fields which could support `autocomplete` (e.g. text fields)
  are checked. Other fields - like dropdown menus - are ignored.
* The [accessible name](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/) of each field is considered. In most cases this
  will be the `<label>` for the field.
* If the name matches a known pattern the field 
  must have an appropriate `autocomplete` value specified.
  For example, an `<input>` with type `text` with a label of 
  "First Name" would be expected to have an autocomplete value 
  of `given-name` or similar.

Note that using `autocomplete="on"` is not sufficient to pass this check, a
specific named autocomplete value must be used. See the
[supported values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete).

## Troubleshooting

If a field is a false positive, check whether the field has an 
appropriate accessible name (i.e. a `<label>` or `aria-label`).

If the label is incorrect, Silktide may assume that the field 
requires `autocomplete` where it does not. You should fix the 
label to avoid this.

Otherwise, you can simply ignore the specific field.

## More information

* [How to use HTML 5.2 attributes](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H98)

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October 2025

September 2025

South Ribble Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Elections and Voting – South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/elections-voting	2
	Proxy vote \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/proxyvote	2
	Dropped needles and syringes \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/droppedneedles	2
	Recycling and Waste – South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/recycling-waste	2
	Apply to be a postal voter \| Apply to vote by post \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/postalvote	2
	Bin collection days \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/bincollectiondays	2
	Garden waste collection service \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/gardenwaste	2
	Missed bin collections \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/missedbin	2
	How and where to vote \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/howtovote	2
	New, lost, stolen or damaged bins \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/newbins	2

Identify the purpose of fields programmatically

South Ribble Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred