Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, although Jim Rodgers from the UUP became Lord Mayor.
<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 /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !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;">Alliance</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">PUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Balmoral |9.9 |0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |10.1 |1 |29.8 |2 |12.4 |1 |3.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Castle |14.1 |1 |11.0 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.8 |2 |6.9 |0 |2.5 |0 |4.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |2.8 |0 |23.1 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |22.0 |1 |18.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Laganbank |16.2 |1 |26.2 |2 |8.1 |0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |7.6 |0 |2.6 |0 |10.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lower Falls |bgcolor="#008800"|80.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |15.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |bgcolor="#008800"|46.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |7.0 |0 |15.0 |1 |19.1 |1 |1.0 |0 |9.4 |1 |1.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Pottinger |9.7 |1 |28.2 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |3.5 |0 |5.3 |0 |13.3 |1 |3.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Upper Falls |bgcolor="#008800"|68.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |28.5 |1 |0.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |2.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Victoria |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |28.0 |2 |1.8 |0 |22.8 |2 |4.2 |0 |6.6 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.4 |14 |18.3 |11 |18.1 |10 |17.4 |9 |6.8 |3 |5.8 |3 |5.2 |1 |51 |-
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP<br /> 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: No change
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, <br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x UDP<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance <br /> 2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: No change
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP<br /> 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: No change
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance<br /> 1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP