Queenslanders want outcast MP Billy Gordon to quit state parliament, according to a new poll.
The rookie MP quit Labor in disgrace over his undisclosed criminal record and domestic abuse allegations but is staying in parliament as an independent.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants him to leave parliament altogether.
It seems Queenslanders agree, with a Galaxy Poll published in The Sunday Mail indicating 62 per cent of voters want Mr Gordon gone and a by-election to be held in his far northern electorate of Cook.
Of the rest, 26 per cent said they wanted Mr Gordon to stay and 26 per cent were uncommitted.
Meanwhile, 53 per cent of voters said they were satisfied with the way Ms Palaszczuk was doing her job as premier, while 24 per cent were dissatisfied and 23 per cent were uncommitted.
The poll also indicated Labor and the Liberal National Party were locked at 50-50 on a two-party preferred basis.
Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said the poll showed most people agreed with him and Ms Palaszczuk.
"Quite clearly, the majority of Queenslanders don't believe that Billy Gordon should be in parliament," Mr Springborg said.
"Therefore I think it is beholden, it is an obligation on the Opposition and the premier to make sure we find a way to not accept his vote."
Ms Palaszczuk has already said she has no intention of changing the voting laws, which were introduced by the LNP during its previous term in government.
Mr Springborg said Mr Gordon didn't have the confidence of many people in his electorate, which meant he couldn't do his job as an MP properly.
He said the neck-and-neck two-party preferred result was indicative of the nature of Queensland's hung parliament.
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