Elections to Limavady 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;">SDLP</span> !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="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Bellarena |bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |15.3 |1 |24.7 |1 |18.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |21.0 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|50.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |0.0 |0 |5.1 |0 |23.6 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Limavady Town |22.7 |1 |8.9 |0 |21.1 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |17.0 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.8 |4 |24.9 |4 |15.4 |3 |17.8 |2 |13.1 |2 |15 |-
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP<br /> 2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP<br /> 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br /> 1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP