2001 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UKUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | NIWC !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Abbey
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 22.4
 * 2
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 1
 * 17.4
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|	Ballyholme and Groomsport
 * 23.6
 * 2
 * 12.4
 * 1
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 8.2
 * 0
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|38.1
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bangor West
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 19.1
 * 2
 * 10.8
 * 1
 * 14.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 28.3
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Holywood
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 24.6
 * 1
 * 15.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 22.1
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 27.3
 * 8
 * 17.6
 * 5
 * 14.3
 * 5
 * 9.3
 * 2
 * 3.6
 * 1
 * 27.9
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * 27.9
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Abbey
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

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

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP

Ballyholme and Groomsport
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition

1997-2001 Change: DUP and Women's Coalition gain from Conservative and UKUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) become Independent

Bangor West
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent

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

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP

Holywood
1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

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

1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Alliance