2001 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

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

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Craigavon Central
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 16.4
 * 2
 * 24.3
 * 2
 * 16.9
 * 1
 * 3.6
 * 0
 * 9.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Loughside
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 45.1
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lurgan
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 7.7
 * 1
 * 33.3
 * 2
 * 6.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Portadown
 * 26.9
 * 2
 * 12.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 28.1
 * 8
 * 20.0
 * 7
 * 22.6
 * 6
 * 21.3
 * 4
 * 1.6
 * 0
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 26
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 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 26
 * }
 * }

Craigavon Central
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

Loughside
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lurgan
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Portadown
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)