Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 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 /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Ballymoney Town |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |26.9 |2 |12.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |16.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Bann Valley |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |18.6 |1 |20.2 |1 |21.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bushvale |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.8 |2 |19.4 |1 |8.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |-' |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.3 |8 |23.7 |5 |17.6 |2 |11.5 |1 |4.9 |0 |16 |-
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent (two seats)
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from SDLP