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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !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 |- |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
Districts results
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
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