2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Castlereagh Central
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 11.5
 * 1
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 7.5
 * 1
 * 8.8
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Castlereagh East
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 20.5
 * 1
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 9.8
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Castlereagh South
 * 26.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 23.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Castlereagh West
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 17.5
 * 1
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 6.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.4
 * 10
 * 22.1
 * 5
 * 15.2
 * 4
 * 11.4
 * 2
 * 4.2
 * 1
 * 7.7
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * 7.7
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Castlereagh Central
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP

2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP

Castlereagh East
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist

Castlereagh South
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

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

1997-2001 Change: No change

Castlereagh West
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

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

1997-2001 Change: No change