At least 12 Tory MPs set up consultancy firms as election defeat loomed

Philip Davies named his management consultancy partly after a horse he once co-owned called Nessen Dorma. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

As the Conservative party hurtled towards electoral defeat, Philip Davies MP appeared to be weighing up his next career move already.

On 20 June, the veteran backbencher incorporated a new company, Nessen Ltd, describing the nature of its business as “management consultancy” in a filing to Companies House.