The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980.

[5][6] The ward was re-established following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections.

As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Blantyre was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

[7] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Ballantrae Road were transferred into Hamilton North and East.

The review resulted in a reduction in the number of seats from four to three in order to balance with other wards with similar populations.