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

None of these worked for me. I am using ASP.Net MVC with Bootstrap. I used the following successfully:

.label-middle { 
    padding-top:6px;
}

This vertically aligned the label with the textbox next to it.