Vertical Align text in a Label

Question

I have been asked to vertically align the text in the labels for the fields in a form but I don\'t understand why they are not moving. I have tried putting in-line styles using

Answer 1

If your label is in table, padding may cause it to expand. To avoid this you may use margin:

div label {
    display: block;
    text-align: left;
    margin-bottom: -0.2%;
}