diff --git a/client/scss/components/_a11y-result.scss b/client/scss/components/_a11y-result.scss
index 84a62e28e740..a76488b17e6e 100644
--- a/client/scss/components/_a11y-result.scss
+++ b/client/scss/components/_a11y-result.scss
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
   background-color: theme('colors.positive.100');
   border-radius: theme('borderRadius.full');
   font-size: theme('fontSize.11');
-  line-height: theme('lineHeight.none');
   height: theme('spacing.4');
   width: theme('spacing.4');
   color: theme('colors.text-button');
@@ -88,4 +87,8 @@
   @media (forced-colors: active) {
     border: theme('spacing.px') solid ButtonText;
   }
+
+  .w-userbar & {
+    line-height: theme('lineHeight.none');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/side_panels/checks.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/side_panels/checks.html
index 55ac1895dc1c..caacf1233a89 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/side_panels/checks.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/side_panels/checks.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <h3 class="w-my-2 w-text-14 w-text-text-placeholder">{% trans 'Reading time' %}<
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="w-mt-12">
+    <div class="w-mt-3">
         <h2 class="w-flex w-items-center w-gap-2 w-my-5 w-text-16 w-font-bold">
             <span>{% trans 'Issues found' %}</span><span class="w-a11y-result__count" data-a11y-result-count>0</span>
         </h2>