2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Antrim Line
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|27.2
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
 * 22.2
 * 2
 * 19.2
 * 2
 * 5.2
 * 0
 * 13.4
 * 1
 * 12.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballyclare
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|42.8
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 38.3
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Macedon
 * 11.2
 * 1
 * 27.3
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|54.1
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3
 * 6
 * align="left"|University
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|33.6
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 22.7
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 30.6
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 29.2
 * 9
 * 26.8
 * 8
 * 5.7
 * 2
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 5.0
 * 1
 * 25.3
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * 1
 * 25.3
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Antrim Line
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

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

1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers

Ballyclare
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Macedon
1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent

University
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist

1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist