Greenheart

Digital Wigan

Activities and sports

Education Business Intelligence Unit (EBIU)

Leisure centres

Active Health

Volunteering

Membership

The Deal for Communities

Local Kitchen

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.

list-not-following-semantics

February 2025

January 2025

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Greenheartwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Leisure/Greenheart/Greenheart.aspx	3
Digital Wiganwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Digital-Wigan/index.aspx	1
Activities and sportswww.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell/Activities-sports/Index.aspx	1
Education Business Intelligence Unit (EBIU)www.wigan.gov.uk/Business/School-services/Index.aspx	1
Leisure centreswww.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell/Leisure-centres/Index.aspx	1
Active Healthwww.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell/Active-health/Index.aspx	1
Volunteeringwww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/The-Deal/Volunteering/index.aspx	1
Membershipwww.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell/Membership/Index.aspx	1
The Deal for Communitieswww.wigan.gov.uk/Council/The-Deal/Deal-Communities/index.aspx	1
Local Kitchenwww.wigan.gov.uk/Business/Local-Kitchen/Index.aspx	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred