Accessibility

This website is compliant with all current legislation regarding access to information for people with disabilities. It conforms to the highest AAA levels of accessibility validation throughout the site, making this one of the first political sites on the Internet that truly promotes equality for all, an issue that the Liberal Democrat Party recognises is extremely important.

This website is fully accessible to people who are blind, have low vision or have any other serious sight disorder

WAI WCAG Guidelines

The page at www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10 displays the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that were followed in the creation of this site, and the AAA status of this site can be checked by visiting webxact.watchfire.com and entering the URL of the site into the central box. The results page displays a general summary of the validation, and by selecting the Accessibility tab a detailed accessibility status report can be viewed.

In addition to automated verification, we utilised the services of a small group of people with disabilities to manually verify that the site design was not only accessible to them using their particular forms of access technology, but was also highly usable. Content has been laid out in an easy to find format, and the entire browsing experience has been designed with you in mind.

If you have any feedback to improve the accessibility and/or usability of this site, please send an email to feedback@charleskennedy.org.uk. Your comments and suggestions are important to us to ensure that we continue to provide the best online experience that we can.

XHTML/CSS 1.0 Compliant

All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. By visiting the W3C HTML validation website / W3C CSS validation website, or by using one of the relevant buttons opposite, you can validate these pages yourself.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) creates Web standards. W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential, which it does by developing technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) that will create a forum for information, commerce, inspiration, independent thought, and collective understanding.

Accesskeys & Tab index

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. To use these access keys hold down the ALT key (PC) or CONTROL key (Apple) and then press one of the keys in the table below. In some browsers you may have to press ENTER to confirm your choice. If you are using the Opera browser (version 7+), press SHIFT-ESC, release the keys, and then press your desired key from the table below.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access key 1 = Search
• Access key 2 = Search Button
• Access key 3 = Home
• Access key 4 = Biography
• Access key 5 = Local Press Releases/News
• Access key 6 = Latest News
• Access key 7 = Contact Us
• Access key a = Constituency
• Access key b = Parliament
• Access key c = Prime Minister's Questions
• Access key e = Articles & Speeches
• Access key f = Join Us
• Access key g = Links
• Access key h = Archived Material
• Access key i = Home
• Access key j = Contact
• Access key k = External link to Libdems main website
• Access key l = Accessibility