{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox election | election_name = Scottish general election, 1702 | country = Kingdom of Scotland | type = parliamentary | ongoing = no | previous_election = 1689 Scottish general election | previous_year = {{nowrap|1689 (Estates)}} | previous_mps = | next_year = 1708 (GB) →<br />{{nowrap|1999 (devolved)}} | seats_for_election = | elected_mps = List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union | election_date = 30 June 1702{{snd}}before 6 May 1703
<!-- Court --> | image1 = 150x150px | leader1 = Duke of Queensberry | leader_since1 = | party1 = Court Party | leaders_seat1 = | seats1 = 90-100<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Keith |title=Kingdom or Province? Scotland and the Regal Union, 1603-1715 |publisher=Macmillan Education |isbn=978-0-312-08387-8 |pages=185}}</ref> | seat_change1 = {{decrease}} | popular_vote1 = | percentage1 =
<!-- Country --> | image2 = 150x150px | leader2 = Duke of Hamilton | leader_since2 = | party2 = Country Party (Britain) | leaders_seat2 = | seats2 = ~60 | seat_change2 = ? | popular_vote2 = | percentage2 =
<!-- Cavaliers --> | image3 = 120x120px | colour3 = | leader3 = Earl of Home | leader_since3 = | party3 = Cavaliers (Jacobites) | leaders_seat3 = | seats3 = ~70 | seat_change3 = {{increase}} | popular_vote3 = | percentage3 = }} General elections were held in Scotland in 1702 to return members to serve in the Parliament of Scotland. The new government would be a minority Court Party administration, led by the Duke of Queensberry as Lord High Commissioner. The election took place amidst the War of the Spanish Succession, and one of Queensberry's key main priorities was to secure Scottish funding for the war. The new parliament assembled in Edinburgh on 6 May 1703.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/act-of-union-1707/overview/the-scottish-parliament-in-revolt-1703/|title=The Scottish Parliament in revolt 1703|publisher=}}</ref>
Queensberry sought to build an alliance between his Court party and the Episcopalian Cavalier faction, whose parliamentary presence had been increased by the election. This alliance was in part driven by Queen Anne's own Anglicanism and Stewart heritage.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3jo5g8Kb88C&dq=leader%20episcopalians%201702&pg=PA16|title=Scottish Public Opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union, 1699-1707|first=Karin|last=Bowie|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=9780861932894|via=Google Books}}</ref> For their support, the Cavaliers requested greater toleration for Episcopalians. The parliament was still predominantly Presbyterian, and neither Queensberry or his Court faction favoured toleration. Any increased support from Cavaliers as a result of a deal would likely be balanced by a loss in support from Presbyterian opponents to toleration.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQcpDAAAQBAJ&dq=scottish%20parliament%201702%20cavaliers%20episcopalian&pg=PA197|title=Defending the Revolution: The Church of Scotland 1689–1716|first=Jeffrey|last=Stephen|date=13 May 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317153641|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3jo5g8Kb88C&dq=scottish%20parliament%201702%20cavaliers%20episcopalian&pg=PA36|title=Scottish Public Opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union, 1699-1707|first=Karin|last=Bowie|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=9780861932894|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFLJK8G1jzsC&dq=scottish%20parliament%201702%20cavaliers%20episcopalian&pg=PA203|title=Scotland's Relations with England: A Survey to 1707|first=William|last=Ferguson|date=1 January 1977|publisher=The Saltire Society|isbn=9780854110582|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofscottis00laws_0|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofscottis00laws_0/page/188 188]|quote=scottish parliament 1702 cavaliers episcopalian.|title=History of the Scottish Episcopal Church: From the Revolution to the Present Time|first=John Parker|last=Lawson|date=1 January 1843|publisher=Gallie and Bayley|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKJzDQAAQBAJ&dq=scottish%20parliament%201702%20cavaliers%20episcopalian&pg=PT186|title=Strategy Six Pack 8: A Short History of Scotland, The Battle of Blenheim, A Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson, King Alfred, The Greeks and Captain Cook|first=Edward A.|last=Moore|date=7 November 2016|publisher=Enhanced Media Publishing|isbn=9781365492129|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/80551.pdf Publicity, Parties and Patronage: Parliamentary Management and the Ratification of the Anglo-Scottish Union]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usebooks/lang-shorthistory/section19.html|title=A Short History of Scotland, by Andrew Lang on Undiscovered Scotland: XXIX: Preliminaries to the Union|first=Undiscovered Scotland|last=By|publisher=}}</ref>
==Dates of election== At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each shire or burgh fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the conduct of the elections).
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Scottish elections}}
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