Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 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;">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="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Bann |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |20.0 |1 |30.5 |2 |1.6 |0 |13.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine Central |bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |30.4 |2 |17.6 |1 |7.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine East |26.7 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |7.8 |0 |5.7 |0 |15.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Skerries |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |19.3 |1 |18.4 |1 |12.7 |0 |14.1 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |36.0 |10 |27.5 |7 |19.7 |4 |6.4 |0 |10.4 |1 |22 |-
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: No change
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent<br /> 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br /> 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance