Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.
<small>Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.</small>
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Alliance</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Antrim North West |18.2 |1 |18.0 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |24.0 |1 |2.3 |0 |7.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim South East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |23.4 |2 |15.4 |1 |8.7 |1 |7.2 |0 |4.9 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Antrim Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |25.7 |2 |19.5 |2 |7.8 |0 |6.4 |0 |3.1 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |33.0 |7 |22.5 |5 |21.0 |5 |12.5 |2 |5.5 |0 |5.5 |0 |19 |-
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: No change
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance