Good question @DrPete123
Valuations (and Straws), and also the associated votes, become 'stale' after 6 months. Which means they no longer impact the consensus valuation.
However if you edit or reactivate a valuation, that will reset the timer and the votes.
That way we try and keep things relatively fresh.
@CanadianAussie is right in that the consensus valuation is weighted according to votes.