2001 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Downshire
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 31.1
 * 1
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 14.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
 * 13.4
 * 1
 * 7.9
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|53.9
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 23.0
 * 2
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Killultagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 29.9
 * 2
 * 5.2
 * 0
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 14.9
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town North
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town South
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 21.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 35.2
 * 13
 * 20.2
 * 5
 * 16.0
 * 4
 * 11.0
 * 3
 * 8.5
 * 3
 * 9.1
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * 3
 * 9.1
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Downshire
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Conservative

Dunmurry Cross
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Killultagh
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Town North
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist

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

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UDP and Protestant Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Lisburn Town South
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent