Rushey Mead is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

Rushey Mead is bounded by the wards and areas of Belgrave to the south and west and Humberstone & Hamilton and Northfields to the east and south-east on the other side of the Midland Main Line.

Jesse Jackson, the American politician who was twice a Democratic Party candidate for nomination in elections to be President of the United States visited Rushey Mead on 5 December 2015 to open a park named in his honour.

[3] One of the most important lamp factories in Britain, originally built to supply parts for aircraft in World War Two was located in Rushey Mead.

The site contained ground breaking research labs that made countless contributions of global significance, development workshops and even built machines used on the factory floor.

Earlier History In 1928 BTH was amalgamated with its rival, the Metropolitan-Vickers company to form Associated Electrical Industries (AEI).

Other top answers for country of birth were 18.7% India, 6.6% Kenya, 1.7% Sri Lanka, 1.2% Africa not otherwise specified, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Somalia.

The religious make up of Rushey Mead is 43.1% Hindu, 21.7% Christian, 10.5% Muslim, 9.8% Sikh, 9.2% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish.

Located in Rushey Mead, on the corner of Melton Road and Troon Way is a 5m high, steel tree sculpture with bronze light bulbs on the branches.

Rushey Mead is located within the Leicester East parliament constituency, a seat currently held by the Conservative Party since 2024.

The Rushey Mead electoral ward is currently, since 2023 represented on Leicester City Council by three Conservative Party Councillors.

The electoral ward of Rushey Mead includes parts of the neighbouring suburb and Leicester area of Belgrave.