Three Queensland Liberals - Tim Nicholls, Steve Minnikin and Jann Stuckey used a conscience vote in support of Premier Palazcuk’s abortion decriminalisation bill.
The LNP council is expected next month to ban the three from seeking reelection.
Moderates in the party are vocal in the view that recrimination about the three would “light the fuse” for a demerger push.
This merger, formed in 2008 between the Liberal and National Party, would see the two split. One moderate MP suggests this will “lose Brisbane for a generation” by disendorsing MPs who supported abortion.