2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 21.6
 * 1
 * 12.1
 * 1
 * 34.9
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kilroot
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.1
 * 2
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 28.2
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Knockagh Monument
 * 34.0
 * 2
 * 24.2
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.8
 * 6
 * 23.5
 * 5
 * 24.2
 * 4
 * 20.5
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * 20.5
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * }

Carrick Castle
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Kilroot
1997: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2001: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Knockagh Monument
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist