Pay | warrington.gov.uk

Traffic and travel | warrington.gov.uk

Events | warrington.gov.uk

Bereavement services | warrington.gov.uk

Bus and coach travel | warrington.gov.uk

Consultations | warrington.gov.uk

Council tax | warrington.gov.uk

Charities | warrington.gov.uk

Council run car parks | warrington.gov.uk

Community Centres | warrington.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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February 2026

January 2026

Warrington Council

Title / URL	Issues
Pay \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/pay	2
Traffic and travel \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/traffic-and-travel	2
Events \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/events	2
Bereavement services \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/bereavement-services	2
Bus and coach travel \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/buses	2
Consultations \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/consultations	2
Council tax \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/counciltax	2
Charities \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/charities	2
Council run car parks \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/carparks	2
Community Centres \| warrington.gov.ukwww.warrington.gov.uk/community-centres	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Warrington Council

Where this issue has occurred