Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance 1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP 1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP 1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)