Following the introduction of the reforms in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 all coroner appointments are now made by the relevant Local Authority in charge of the coroner area for which the senior coroner has responsibility.
Where a senior coroner vacancy arises the relevant local authority must appoint a new senior coroner under section 23 paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 of the 2009 Act.
Once a candidate is proposed for appointment the formal written consent of the Chief Coroner and, separately, the Lord Chancellor, must be obtained.
The following is a list of all senior coroner appointments made since 2013:
| Date of Appointment | Name | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2013 | Mary Hassell | Inner North London |
| 10/06/2013 | Alan Wilson | Blackpool and Flyde |
| 04/07/2013 | Jacqueline Lake | Norfolk |
| 10/07/2013 | Chinyere Inyama | West London |
| 19/07/2013 | Tom Osborne | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| 25/09/2013 | Louise Hunt | Birmingham and Solihull |
| 16/10/2013 | Nadia Persaud | East London |
| 26/02/2014 | Selena Lynch | South London |
| 12/03/2014 | Katie Skerrett | Gloucestershire |
| 03/06/2014 | Zafar Siddique | Black Country |
| 30/09/2014 | Martin Fleming | West Yorkshire (West) |
| 01/11/2015 | Geoffrey Sullivan | Hertfordshire |
| 01/04/ 2016 | Crispin Butler | Buckinghamshire |
| 01/06/2016 | Andrew Barkley | South Wales Central |
| 12/10/2016 | Alison Hewitt | City of London |
| 22/11/2016 | Clare Bailey | Teesside |
| 01/02/2017 | Alison Mutch OBE | Manchester South |
| 01/03/2017 | Alan Moore | Cheshire |
| 13/03/2017 | Rachael Griffin | Dorset |
| 01/05/2017 | Joanne Kearsley | Manchester North |
| 12/10/2017 | Kevin McLoughlin | West Yorkshire (East) |
| 05/10/2017 | Jeremy Chipperfield | Durham and Darlington |
| 09/11/2017 | Sarah Ormond-Walshe | South London |
| 18/12/2017 | Kally Cheema | Cumbria |
| 30/01/2018 | Philip Spinney | Exeter and Devon |
| 01/07/2018 | Nigel Parsley | Suffolk |
| August 2018 | Heidi Connor | Berkshire |
| 01/10/2018 | Emma Whitting | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| 05/11/2018 | Timothy Brennand | Lincolnshire |