Elections to Larne 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 15 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;">Alliance</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Coast Road |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.2 |1 |13.7 |1 |17.4 |1 |16.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Lough |35.6 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |23.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |2.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Town |21.3 |1 |22.3 |1 |5.4 |0 |12.8 |1 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|38.2 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.8 |5 |28.8 |4 |14.5 |2 |9.6 |2 |18.3 |2 |15 |-
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist becomes Independent