Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Carrick Castle |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |21.6 |1 |12.1 |1 |34.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Kilroot |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.1 |2 |17.7 |1 |28.2 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Knockagh Monument |34.0 |2 |24.2 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |2.9 |0 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.8 |6 |23.5 |5 |24.2 |4 |20.5 |2 |17
Districts results
Carrick Castle
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Kilroot
1997: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2001: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Knockagh Monument
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist
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