Career
Bedingfield was one of the first journalists to join the newly set up Labour Party owned Super One Radio and Super One Television, One Productions in 1991. He produced controversial and investigative media programms, as well as publishing three investigative books on the relationship between crime and politics, the first of which landed Bedingfield in court when criminal proceedings were initiated against him by the Nationalist Government of the time. The case caused a public uproar during its first sitting and was not pursued further by the government.
Il-Gurament (translated to English as Witness) incurred the wrath of then Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami, who took Bedingfield to court for libel.
Il-Hbieb Tal-Hbieb Il-Proklama in reference to the three presidential pardons Joseph Fenech (Zeppi l-Hafi) was granted by the Fenech Adami administration is a collection of the case reports in which prime suspect Meinrad Calleja was found not guilty of having commissioned Joseph Fenech to carry out the murder of Cachia Caruana. In 2003, Bedingfield opened his first business enterprise in Vittoriosa.
He moved on to open a second restaurant there. Presently he is running his third business enterprise, a wine bistro in Fort Street Angelo.
Bedingfield came to the Labour Party fold at the start of the 90s after a journalistic stint with Bay Radio, when he joined One Productions Limited, Labour’s media venture.
Between 1997 and 2001, he was elected member in the Labour Party national executive. Bedingfield was one of four candidates chosen by Labour Party delegates during an extraordinary general conference held on 18 November 2003. The other chosen Member of the European Parliament candidates were John Attard Montalto and Louis Grech (today MEPs), as well as Doctor Muscat.
European Parliament Elected on the first count with 62% of the votes, adding to nearly 20,000 votes, Bedingfield surpassed of the votes.
Another 1% of votes were non-transferable.
