The Queensland LNP has suspended the membership of three senior branch members who lambasted the federal member for Bowman, Andrew Laming, in an email to members.

The suspended members include three Federal Divisional Council executives, chair Shaun Edwards, treasurer Paul Field and secretary Suzie Foster.

They sent a scathing email to members late yesterday saying Andrew Laming would be a liability in the seat in the next federal election, which is due to be held next year.

They also accused him of posting "belligerent Facebook arguments with local voters".

In the email, the trio suggested there was a mood for change in the seat of Bowman, south-east of Brisbane.

"A fresh face is needed to counter the inevitable 'time for a change' feeling in the Bowman community," the email said.

"Andrew has always been something of a maverick MP, and while we have done everything possible to support him over many, many years, we feel that his behaviour has now reached a level that will be harmful at the upcoming election."

The email encouraged members to instead support Paul Branagan.

"We believe that in Paul Branagan we have a great candidate that will stand up for the conservative values we all believe in," it said.

The trio said they recognised that if Mr Laming was successful at the preselection vote, their positions would be untenable so they had decided to stand down from their positions.

LNP's state president Gary Spence issued a statement today saying: "The misuse of its membership list is a very serious issue."

"The three members concerned have been suspended, pending further consideration by state executives at its next meeting."

Mr Spence said he was "disappointed and surprised".

Mr Laming has declined to comment but yesterday sent an SMS to members asking them to ignore the matter.

Under party rules the three suspended senior branch members will not be allowed to attend the AGM on Saturday at Mr Laming's electoral office in Cleveland.

Gary Spence said the party takes the misuse of its membership lists very seriously. ( Supplied: lnp.org.au )

He holds the seat by a margin of 7.1 percent.

The MP has held his seat on Brisbane's bayside since 2004.

The former doctor has also been a vocal supporter of the push to resettle "persecuted" white South African farmers, describing them as "refugees".

Mr Laming attracted attention in 2014 after video surfaced of him skolling a beer while doing a handstand at an Australia Day party.

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He was criticised when he asked on his Facebook last year whether teachers were "back at work this week, or are they 'lesson planning' from home? Let me know exactly".

This year he also courted controversy after calling for teachers to work a regular 38-hour week like other professions, with just four weeks' leave a year.

He later said he had been misrepresented, saying teachers' unpaid work was being taken for granted.

Mr Laming was thrown out of parliament in 2015 after bringing a jar of black "bunker" fuel into the chamber and pouring it on his hand, to protest the pollution left by cruise ships.

He was also one the backbench MPs who lead the charge for a spill of the Liberal leadership when Tony Abbott was Prime Minister.