Sylvester Turner

57 recorded votes of the 119th Congress.

Left the House on March 4, 2025. The record below is complete through that date.

57 recorded votes

Voted for3052.6%
Voted against2543.9%
Did not vote00.0%

96.5%

of the votes they could cast

statements indexed

Turned up for 96.5% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.

In plain English

Turner voted 96 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the House, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Lizzie Fletcher more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Brian K. Fitzpatrick. They agreed 47 times out of 100.

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.

Voted for
Voted against

energy and the environment3 of 5 againstThe exceptions: for H R 187, MAPWaters Act; for H R 26, Protecting American Energy Production Act.

Voting With Their Party

On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Sylvester Turner voted on 33 and was with the Democrat majority on 32 of them.

33 party line votes cast

With their party3297.0%
Against their party13.0%

Votes Against Their Own Party

7-Feb-2025H R 26Voted Yea · On Passage

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Lizzie FletcherDemocrat · TX · agreed on 100.0% of 55 shared votes
Chellie PingreeDemocrat · ME · agreed on 100.0% of 52 shared votes
Bonnie Watson ColemanDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 98.2% of 55 shared votes
Nikema WilliamsDemocrat · GA · agreed on 98.2% of 55 shared votes
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocrat · NY · agreed on 98.2% of 55 shared votes

Voting Across the Aisle

Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 47.2% of 53 shared votes
Mike KellyRepublican · PA · agreed on 46.0% of 50 shared votes
Byron DonaldsRepublican · FL · agreed on 46.0% of 50 shared votes
Joe WilsonRepublican · SC · agreed on 45.1% of 51 shared votes
Jason SmithRepublican · MO · agreed on 44.2% of 52 shared votes

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record's own speaker tagging does not mark this member as speaking in any item of business this Congress. That tagging is not complete, so it does not mean they have not spoken.

Every Recorded Vote

All 57 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Sylvester Turner. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

4-Mar-2025H RES 177Voted against (No) · On Agreeing to the Resolution
4-Mar-2025H RES 177Voted against (Nay) · On Ordering the Previous Question
3-Mar-2025H R 758Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
3-Mar-2025H R 856Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

All 57 recorded votes, newest first →

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