The Sunshine Coast branch of Queensland's Liberal National Party (LNP) has moved quickly to erase 'Liberal rat' Federal MP Peter Slipper from its records.

Mr Slipper, the Member for Fisher, was labelled a "Liberal rat" after resigning from his party yesterday to take up the role of Speaker.

The move buttresses the minority Gillard Government against the threat of losing the support of independents.

Mr Slipper took over as Speaker of the Lower House from Labor's Harry Jenkins, who stepped down from the position on Thursday morning saying he wanted to re-enter the fray of Labor policy-making.

LNP Queensland director Michael O'Dwyer said in a statement yesterday the party had accepted Mr Slipper's resignation, describing his acceptance as Speaker as an act of "gross disloyalty".

"In accepting the nomination for the role of Speaker of the Federal Parliament, the state executive has determined Mr Slipper has betrayed his colleagues in the federal Liberal and National parties," Mr O'Dwyer said.

In an email to LNP members on Sunshine Coast, regional chairman Greg Newton advised Mr Slipper and his wife are to be removed from invitations to party functions and meetings.

Mr Newton also thanked members for their unity, discipline and patience on the issue.

Federal Liberal MP Alex Somlyay says people in Mr Slipper's Sunshine Coast electorate are furious he jumped ship.

Mr Somlyay says Mr Slipper has always been controversial.

"There is real anger at the grassroots level on the Sunshine Coast at what Peter has done," he said.

"My phone in my electorate office ran hot all day - as I believe the telephones of all the party members and it wasn't LNP members ringing up - it was members of the public."

Queensland Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls says Mr Slipper has been involved in a backroom deal and has let down his constituents on the Sunshine Coast.

"It's understandable that people up there would feel disappointed in what Mr Slipper has done," he said.

"I think it's understandable that many members of the LNP would be very disappointed in what Mr Slipper's done."

Senior Queensland Labor Minister Paul Lucas says Mr Slipper's actions are symptomatic of the disfunction within the LNP.

"Whether it be [Shane] Knuth leaving the state [LNP] the other day to join the Bob Katter's [Australian] Party, whether we've seen other LNP members to join Katter or other things, now we see Mr Slipper and the LNP are masters of unorthodox manners of doing things," Mr Lucas said.

'Best behaviour'

Meanwhile, political analyst Scott Prasser says Mr Slipper will need to be on his best behaviour in his new role.

Mr Slipper has been a controversial Member for Fisher with a long list of gaffes, indiscretions and overspending on travel expenses.

Professor Prasser says Labor's decision to appoint him Speaker may return to haunt the Government.

"No doubt there'll be times when the Opposition will try and bring certain things up, but a Speaker is normally a person who's got to be above reproach," he said.

"If the ALP are going to sit with the devil and put up with the devil, that's what you do when you get people to cross the floor and join you.

"You take them on and there's always a cost of taking them on."

Professor Prasser says the move to appoint Mr Slipper as Speaker lowers the standing of the position and highlights how political parties will do anything to maintain power.

"It just shows you how scheming, conniving political parties and governments are," he said.

"Are we surprised - no - in what governments will do and what individuals will do for their own self-interest."

Professor Prasser says the Coalition will move quickly to release any negative information it has on Mr Slipper.

Despite Coalition assurances it will not release a dirt file on Mr Slipper, Professor Prasser says there will be a rush to dump on their former colleague.

"I'm sure there's a brown paper envelope on its way to all journalists around Australia about what Peter did or hasn't done," he said.

"In a way it's not going to go totally away, because every time Peter Slipper is going to be in the Speaker's chair and making judgements and bringing order, everyone's going to be reminded where he came from.

"The Opposition can play up and make his life very difficult."