Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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 /> ! %<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;">Sinn Féin</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"|Downshire |bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |31.1 |1 |1.3 |0 |14.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Dunmurry Cross |13.4 |1 |7.9 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|53.9 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |23.0 |2 |1.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Killultagh |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |29.9 |2 |5.2 |0 |6.4 |0 |14.9 |1 |8.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town North |bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |17.1 |1 |4.2 |0 |17.7 |1 |0.0 |0 |17.0 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town South |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |19.9 |1 |3.5 |0 |21.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |8.1 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |35.2 |13 |20.2 |5 |16.0 |4 |11.0 |3 |8.5 |3 |9.1 |2 |30 |-
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Conservative
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent<br /> 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist<br /> 2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br /> 1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UDP and Protestant Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP<br /> 2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br /> 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent