Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 councillors.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance 1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent 1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist