Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its council is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District.

The district was named after the old Rushcliffe wapentake. Rushcliffe means "cliff where grows", from Old English hris "brushwood" and clif "cliff".

The member of parliament for Rushcliffe is the Conservative, Kenneth Clarke. As of the June 2017 general election, Rushcliffe is one of five Tory-held constituencies in Nottinghamshire.

Forty four councillors were elected at the borough council election in May 2015. There are thirty-four Conservatives, giving them control of the council. There are also two Liberal Democrats, four from Labour, two Greens and two Independents. The next election is due in May 2019.

North-east of Nottingham, the Rushcliffe boundary splits from the City of Nottingham boundary near the Holme Pierrepont Watersports Centre and then follows the River Trent to near RAF Syerston, which is the most northern part of the district, although Syerston the village itself is in the Newark and Sherwood district. It meets the River Devon near Cotham, then follows this river to the east southwards to where it meets the Leicestershire boundary. To the south, the Leicestershire/Rushcliffe boundary goes across the runways of the former RAF Langar with most of the airfield in Rushcliffe.

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