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Rep. Emilia Sykes

Democrat · Ohio's 13th District · in the House since 2023

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Rep. Emilia Sykes has missed 17 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 5.3% of them, 3.4 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
5.3%
17 of 323 · #70 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
5.3%
17 of 323 since 2026
Longest absence
2 days
Jan 12 – Jan 13, 2026 · 11 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Emilia Sykes almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and votes on armed forces and security (0%), but misses far more votes on energy (21%) and suspension votes (9%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 5.3%

Suspension votes (75) 9.3%
Procedural votes (106) 6.6%
Final passage (84) 3.6%
Amendments (41) 0%
Spending bills (12) 0%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes

Energy (19) 21%
Finance (12) 8.3%
Foreign affairs (15) 6.7%
Economy and public finance (32) 3.1%
Congress itself (76) 2.6%
Armed forces and security (33) 0%
Environment (14) 0%
Government operations (14) 0%

Days of the week: missed 28% of Monday votes and 0% of Thursday votes.

Votes cast and missed, month by month

Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.

Jan 2026: 37 voted, 11 missed; Feb 2026: 26 voted, 4 missed; Mar 2026: 30 voted, 0 missed; Apr 2026: 47 voted, 0 missed; May 2026: 36 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 40 voted, 2 missed; Jul 2026: 50 voted, 0 missed; Aug 2026: 2 voted, 0 missed; Sep 2026: 29 voted, 0 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 9 voted, 0 missed J2026 F M A M J J A S O N
  • Voted (yes, no or present)
  • Missed
  • Reason on record

Year by year

Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical House member.

2026 5.3%

Earlier years are still loading.

Missed days in 2026

Each square is a day the House held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.

  • Jan 6: voted every time
  • Jan 7: voted every time
  • Jan 8: voted every time
  • Jan 9: voted every time
  • Jan 12: missed 3 of 3
  • Jan 13: missed 8 of 8
  • Jan 14: voted every time
  • Jan 15: voted every time
  • Jan 20: voted every time
  • Jan 21: voted every time
  • Jan 22: voted every time
  • Feb 2: voted every time
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: voted every time
  • Feb 9: missed 2 of 2
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: voted every time
  • Feb 12: voted every time
  • Feb 24: voted every time
  • Feb 25: missed 2 of 2
  • Mar 4: voted every time
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 17: voted every time
  • Mar 18: voted every time
  • Mar 19: voted every time
  • Mar 24: voted every time
  • Mar 25: voted every time
  • Mar 26: voted every time
  • Mar 27: voted every time
  • Apr 14: voted every time
  • Apr 15: voted every time
  • Apr 16: voted every time
  • Apr 17: voted every time
  • Apr 20: voted every time
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: voted every time
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: voted every time
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: voted every time
  • May 15: voted every time
  • May 20: voted every time
  • May 21: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: voted every time
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: voted every time
  • Jun 10: voted every time
  • Jun 11: voted every time
  • Jun 23: voted every time
  • Jun 24: voted every time
  • Jun 25: voted every time
  • Jun 29: missed 2 of 2
  • Jun 30: voted every time
  • Jul 13: voted every time
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: voted every time
  • Jul 20: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: voted every time
  • Aug 31: voted every time
  • Sep 1: voted every time
  • Sep 2: voted every time
  • Sep 3: voted every time
  • Sep 14: voted every time
  • Sep 15: voted every time
  • Sep 16: voted every time
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: voted every time
  • Nov 11: voted every time
  • Nov 12: voted every time

Voted every time Missed every vote

Reasons on record

What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.

  1. No reason given 17 votes on 5 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Jun 29, 2026 TRIA Program Reauthorization Act
H.R. 7128 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 229
Passed 373–15
Jun 29, 2026 KIDS Act
H.R. 7757 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228
Passed 267–117
Feb 25, 2026 Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
H.R. 4758 · On Passage · roll call 78
Passed 210–199
Feb 9, 2026 PROTECT Taiwan Act
H.R. 1531 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 58
Passed 395–2
Feb 9, 2026 Housing for the 21st Century Act
H.R. 6644 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 57
Passed 390–9
Jan 13, 2026 SHOWER Act
H.R. 4593 · On Passage · roll call 23
Passed 226–197
Jan 13, 2026 Flexibility for Workers Education Act
H.R. 2262 · On Passage · roll call 19
Failed 209–215
Jan 13, 2026 Providing for consideration of (H.R. 2988) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act; (H.R. 2262…
H.Res. 988 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 17
Passed 214–207
Jan 12, 2026 Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
H.R. 6504 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 15
Passed 345–45
Jan 12, 2026 AGOA Extension Act
H.R. 6500 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 14
Passed 340–54
Jan 12, 2026 Remote Access Security Act
H.R. 2683 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 13
Passed 369–22

Missed 17 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Emilia Sykes missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Feb 25, 2026 · House #78
    Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
    On Passage · H.R. 4758

    It passed 210–199 with 15 Democrats and 7 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 11 votes short and 15 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 210–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (217–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Feb 25, 2026 · House #77
    Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 4758

    It failed 198–208 with 16 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 11 votes short and 16 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 214–208. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (214–218).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Jan 13, 2026 · House #16
    Providing for consideration of (H.R. 2988) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act; (H.R. 2262) Flexi…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 988

    It passed 206–205 with 12 Republicans and 8 Democrats not voting. The losing side was one vote short and 8 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 206–213. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–213).

How that compares

This member
5.3%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
Ohio delegation
2.0%

Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →

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